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ભાદ્રપદથી-કાર્તક ૧૯૮૫-૬ urable understanding. And none who Ahinsa, truly understood, is, in is himself subject to fear can bestow my humble opinion, a panacea for that gift. He must therefore be him all evils mundane and extra-mundane. self fearless. A man cannot then pra. We can never over-do it. Just at ctise Ahinsa and be a coward at the present we are not doing it at all. same time. The practice of Ahinsa Ahinsa does not displace the practice calls forth the greatest courage. It is of other virtues, but renders their the most soldierly of soldier's virtues. practice imperatively necessary before General Gordon has been represented it can be practised even in its rudiin a famous statue as bearing only a ments. Lalaji need not fear Ahinsa stick. This takes us far on the road of his father's faith. Mahavira and to Ahinsa. X X X Buddha were soldiers, and so was
Tolstoy. Only they saw deeper and If we are unmanly to-day, we truer into their profession, and found are so, not because we do not know
the secret of a true, happy, honourahow to strike, but because we fear to
ble and godly life. Let us be joint
ble and die. He is no follower of Mahavira,
sharers with these teachers, and this the apostle of Jainism, or of Buddha
land of ours will once more be the or of the Vedas, who being afraid to abode of Gods. die, takes flight before any danger,
-- Jain Gazette. real or imaginary, all the while wishing that somebody else would remove
Novembar. 1916. the danger by destroying the person આ બંને લેખ વાંચવા વિચારવા અને મનન causing it. He is no follower of Ahi- 5291 2104 3. Esger 24 Cazuza100, nsa (I agree with Lalaji) who does અને તે છતાં હું અહિંસાવાદી છું તેથી કે ગમે તેમ not care a straw if he kills a man vel 2 al billa (92117 H4 ore14 U. by inches by deceiving him in trade,
આવી જ રીતે ભાઈ જી. કે. નરીમાને ખુલ્લો or who would protect by force of
પત્ર ગાંધીજીને લખી તેણે ઉઠાવેલી શંકાઓમાં છેલ્લી arms a few cows and make away
એક શંકા જૈનની અહિંસા સંબંધી હતી. તેને with the butcher, or who in order to
ગાંધીજીના શબ્દોમાં જ જણાવીએ – do a good to his country does not mind killing off a few officials. All
augal HR GER 6134084'5 , a these are actuated by hatred, cowa.
કેવળ જૈનને જ માન્ય છે; ને તે પ્રમાણે વર્તનારે rdice and fear. Here love of the cow
આપઘાતજ કરવું જોઈએ.' or the country is a vague thing inten- MALI Valon ud 4419 QL :ded to satisfy one's vanity, or sooth અહિંસાને મારા ઉપદેશ હાસ્યજનક લાગે. a stinging conscience.
તેમાં હિન્દુ ધર્મ રહેલો છે. તેને વત્તા ઓછા પા
