Positive Non Violence

Author(s): Kanhaiyalal Lodha, Dalpatsingh Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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puḍhavi-jala-agaņi-māruya-vaṇassai-bīya-hariya-jalayarathalayara-khahayara-tasa-thāvara-savvabhūya-khemaṁkarī
Samuddamajjhe va poyavahaṇaṁ, Cauppayāņaṁ va āsamapayaṁ, Duhaṭṭhiyāṇaṁ va osahibalam, Aḍavimajjhe va satthagamaņam,
Eto visiṭṭhatariyā ahimsā jā sā
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This Goddess which is called non-violence (Ahimsa bhagavatī) is Like shelter for all frightened (worldly creatures),
Like flying for the birds,
Like water for the thirsty,
Like food for the hungry,
Like a ship for the drowning in the vast ocean,
Like a safe place of residence for the animals,
Like medicinal support for the indisposed and the diseased,
Like moving with a caravan in the dense forest,
Not only this, the goddess called non-violence is even more so. It is a means of weal and well-being for all the creatures of the mobile and immobile categories such as the earth-bodied, water-bodied, airbodied, fire-bodied and seed and green vegetable-bodied one-sensed immobile living beings as well as waterborne, earth borne and airborne mobile creatures.
This public weal inducing non-violence will be useful and beneficial for achieving its proclaimed objective of general benefit when its positive aspect will be highlighted and presented to the general public and the inner consciousness relating to mercy, kindness, compassion, etc., will be brought to the fore. The banes of the human society such as violence, conflict and selfishness will be overcome only when we will be able to feel others' pain and misery and their pain and misery will become our own. The stream
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