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areas This is a pleasant sign of the impact of realistic Jaina perception on women equality This trend is going to be ascelerated in the twenty first century (c) Politics and Peace Tobias has written that there are very few pure or even medium level nonviolent people Nevertheless, their principle is very attractive It is the harbinger of peace It provides solutions not only for problems associated with individuals but it also guides to solve the national and international problems on round tables too Though the Jinistic non-violence has not been able to stop wars and violence in the world, but it has done quite a lot in this direction in India It has been applied in terms of peace treaties and political war stoppage for long The institutions of ambassadors has been its other form Many political and religious leaders have been impressed by this principle and have realised its dormant potencies That is why, they could make it an nstrument of social equality and national independence Mahatma Gandhi, Velson Mandela, De Vakera, Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama, Fuji Guruji and others are the shining stars of this age in getting the potency of non-violence manifested in different parts of the world They have let us believe that it is not only a principle for individuals, but it can function in wider areas of groups and nations Many royalties were impressed by the non-violent life, learnings and teachings of Jaina saints and gave them not only royal patronage but began practising it in part and encouraging the public to follow suit through royal decrees Many names of such saints have been cited earlier in this regard As a result, non-violence has become a global political, economic, social and environmental principle The institutions like UNO, G-77, SAARC, Non-alliance movement and others are practical forms of non-violence at global level The concept of armyless states, moral rearmament and nuclear and chemical war banning are its sheets Conflict resolution is its effects It is due to this potency that many institutes of peace and non-violent studies and training have been established in many parts of the world This subject has attracted the academic world too and international congresses are held by them off and on Many scholarships are also instituted for conflict resolution studies The political powers have applied the concept of Panchasila for mending the ways of the world through political morality They have started solving their problems through consensus, pursuations, intermediaries and round table
