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(122) Nandanavana
The aim of the program is mainly three-fold. It involves (1) change of heart (2) change of attitude and mind and (3) change of life style. Others have also given the concept of this type, which is comparatively given in the following Table 3.
Table 3: Training Program in Anekāntic Vision and Non-violence.
Training21
Physical training
Mental training
S.N.
1:
2.
3.
Intellectual training
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JVB Program
Breath controls, physical postures, meditation for better inner and outer health.
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Psychology of violence and non-violence, change of heart, mind and attitude for better emotional health, reduction in emotional coefficient and degree of conflict.
The program may cover individual, family, group and society. The development of anekāntic vision should start through early educational courses on social ethics up to the intellectual development stages virtually throughout life. The studies of scriptures and biographies of the saints, short and long company with genuine saints or listening to their lectures, incantation repetition, meditation and genuine dietary habits are some of the tools which awaken our consciousness towards anekāntic vision and reduce the degree of conflict and emotional coefficient. The study of subjects like sociology, economics, ethics and spirituality etc. with a wider intellectual perspective builds up the positivity of emotional intelligence and health which is one of the key elements for anekāntic vision. Lesser the number and intensity of conflicts, more the reduction in our earning of evil karmas and increase in earning of auspicious karmas and, thus, better the world. It must be added that there is only a very small minority, which causes major or minor conflicts. It is the duty of majority to impress upon them the good effects of conflict-less state of affairs.
Structural changes in the life styles and traditional thought processes, cultivation of holistic values through lectures, classes, discussions and self-study for developing the anekāntic vision, study of science of life, optimistic attitude, studies of sociology, economics, health science and psychology, studies on transactional analysis and group dynamics of individual and society.
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