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bad of others. Love, forgiveness and world of evil. A non-violent man never friendliness, peace, kindness, and civility, hates others, he believes in the principle frankness, service and protection, phi- 'hate not the sinner, but the sin." For lanthrophy, generosity, truth and coopera- we can only win over the opponent by tion are his virtues. Violence springs up love, never by hate, Hate is the highest from fear, enemity, selfishness, anger and form of violence. Hate and non-violence cruelty. The man who practises non- both cannot tread pace to pace. violence and who is pure-minded disci- Because non-violence consists in not plines his senses in such a way as to keep injuring others even by action, thought the above springs of violence under and words. Therefore a non-violen control. Therefore, it may be said that never uses words which injure others non-violence is not only non-killing. 'feelings. He never speaks a lie and what Violence means causing pain to or killing
is true however, harsh or unpopular it
is true however h any life out of anger or from a selfish may appear to be for the moment and he purpose, or with the intention of injuring never anchors at the source of hypocracy. it. Ahimsa or non-violence is quite Non-violence of thought can be evolved opposite to it, and consists in refraining only be speaking truth, which means from doing so. Thus Ahimsa is uttermost that a man practising non-violence never seltlessness which means complete absence uses words whose essence is violent, that of regard for one's body. When man does is an intention to do harm to the opponothing for himself and is quite selfless, nent. If the present distrust among the others do not fear of him and feel safe various nations is shed off and true and from him. Therefore, a man who is im
honest relations are established among bibed in non-violence, never does any- them, there is no fear of war in future. thing which may harm or pain others.
Gandhiji once told "the way of peace is Though it is impossible to sustain once
the way of truth' Truthfulness is even one's body without the destruction of more important than peacefulness. Indeed other bodies to some extent as for exam. lying is the mother of violence, a truthful ple. all have to destroy some life forman cannot long remain violent." sustaining their own bodies. Though this
Biological and physiological evidences is unavoidable, but he takes his best care
show that by his very anatomy, by the to avoid it as far as possible. But Himsa
structure of his nervous system, man is committed not far personal gain or with
compelled to seek the truth and that selfish motive, but for the sake of large man's spiritual nature and his emotional humanity may also be unavoidable and nature are also a part of the truth. performed as a duty. This may also be
Strength of Non-violence called Ahimsa.
In its positive form, non-violence A non-violent man therefore, always means the largest love, the greatest charity. tries to overcome evil by good, anger by A non-violent man cherishes a feeling of jove. untruth by truth, Himsa by Ahimsa love, even towards his enemy and wrongThere is no other way of purging the doers. But it requires truth and fearless
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