Non Violence

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
Save Yourself First From Intent-Violence
he intended to kill or whether he acted against his wishes. The actual act of killing is an effect carried out by vyavasthit. They are totally unaware of his intent violence. The most important thing of all is not the act of killing but the intent within. It is
vyavasthit that kills the life. A person is merely being egotistical when he claims that he did the killing. The person who does the intent to kill is really the guilty one and in making this intent, he becomes the real killer.
All you have to do is to have the intent: 'Let no living being be hurt through the medium of my thoughts, speech and action'. After that should any violence occur, you are not held liable. You should however, sincerely repent and ask for forgiveness so that you do not incur any liability.
The Lord has said that the highest non-violence is that which does not hurt the soul. This means absence of all kashaya. Any form of kashaya hurts the soul. He also said that you must make sure that no intent-violence is occurring within you. Nowadays, however, just the opposite is happening and that is why one must first stop the intent-violence. Effect violence is not under anyone's control, but we cannot say this openly. In fact, this can only be discussed with people who revere Ahimsa. That is why the Lord did not disclose everything. If people were told this, they would ruin their future lives, because they would get a license to proceed with violence. They would proclaim that since effect violence is not in anyone's hands, there is nothing wrong with killing. This very intent violence is what needs to be stopped! The Lords displayed tremendous wisdom in not disclosing all this; they did not mention a word of this. What wisdom! What purity! Their purity sanctified the grounds they walked on.
Intent-violence can only be contained when effect violence is stopped, but of the two, intent-violence is more important. The Lord had said for us not to be preoccupied with the violencenon-violence of the life forms. He said that one could become truly non-violent only when one stops intent-violence.
Defining Intent Violence
People do not have the capacity to understand the subtlety of this point but from where will they acquire such an understanding? It would be disastrous if someone were to discuss these facts outside of this satsang. I cannot tell this to the public at large; one can never say such things in public, do you understand?
According to the Lord, what is the highest violence? The Lord says, "We do not consider the actual killing, violence. But the intent to kill made by the person is violence. This is indeed the highest violence. People on the other hand only blame the person who is instrumental in the act of killing. But they do not take into consideration the internal intent of that person, whether
Intent non-violence means that one will never have the intent that he wants to hurt or harm another living being. You are only required to have such an intent; an intent whereby you do not want to hurt any living being in the slightest, through the medium of your mind, speech and actions. Only the intent is important here and not the act or the deed. Besides, how can one save lives through his actions? Even the mere act of breathing, destroys innumerable lives! And in a single movement of the body countless life forms die as they collide with the hand. Kashaya: The Highest Violence Against The Self
One commits self-violence when one does kashaya (when