Non Violence

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

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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
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There is No Violence Where there is Ahimsa
Questioner : Is there violence where there is nonviolence?
violence is the ego. I am the observer of the entity that practices violence and non-violence. I simply observe the ego. One can only be considered a Gnani if one is beyond all dualities. Most of these ascetics and priests are very kind, but they can also be merciless. Because there is kindness within them, there is also cruelty within them. If they have eighty percent kindness they will also have twenty percent cruelty. If they have ninety-six percent kindness, there will be four percent cruelty.
Dadashri : There can never be any violence where there is complete non-violence; otherwise it is called partial nonviolence. When you cut a papaya into many slices, all the slices will have the same sweetness, not a single slice will be bitter. Similarly, there is no violence where there is complete nonviolence. Partial non-violence and partial violence is a different matter altogether.
Questioner : Is that the same with Ahimsa? If there is ninety-six percent Ahimsa, will there be four percent violence?
Questioner: Is partial Ahimsa considered kindness?
Dadashri : The final total will always be there and it will always speak for itself. If there is ninety-six percent Ahimsa then there would be four percent violence
Questioner : So what would be the nature of such violence?
Dadashri : Yes, that is called kindness. Kindness is the root of religion. Where there is absolute kindness, there is absolute religion.
Beyond Violence And Non-violence
Questioner : Where there is kindness, there is also cruelty. Does this apply to violence and non-violence?
Dadashri : Yes. Non-violence exists because there is violence and vice-versa. However, one will have to stop violence and embrace non-violence, and then go beyond even nonviolence. One has to go beyond this duality. Ultimately one will have to go even beyond non-violence.
Questioner: Beyond Ahimsa? What sort of a state would that be?
Dadashri : It is the violence of the ultimate stage. At that stage, the person will know how much himsa is left and will quickly dispense with it and become liberated. The Gnani: The Non-Violent One In The Ocean Of
Violence People question me why I travel by cars even though I am a Gnani. In their minds they hold that traveling by car involves much violence to small living forms like insects etc. They also question who is held accountable for the violence this entails. Now how can a Gnani be called a Gnani if he is not absolutely non-violent? Absolute non-violence here means totally non-violent in an ocean of violence!
Dadashri : The very state that I am in right now. I am beyond violence and non-violence. Ahimsa is based on the ego and I am without any ego. To say 'I am practicing Ahimsa or
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