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Social Aspect of Non-Violence
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modern period in Indian society. Monks and nuns proclaim their right to take food and other necessary things from householders. Brāhmaṇas also take charities from other varņas on different occasions.
But real beggars are those who are poor and poper. They do not claim any right of having help from rich persons. They request householders very humbly to give something. Their skeleton like bodies and dirty clothings show that they have been tortured badly by the pangs of poverty. Mahāprāna Nirālā has described a beggar in these lines. Vaha Atā patha para pacchatātā
Vaha Āta
Hain sate pītha se peta,
Calarahā lakutiya teka
Muthībhara dāne ko, bhūkha mitāne ko Vaha ātā patha para pachatāta, Vaha ātā.
This type of beggars need some shelters to stay, some breads to remove hunger and some clothings to cover bodies. The non-violence does not lies in fulfilling the demands of those persons who claim begging as their right but it lies in helping those poor people whom society has given neither right nor regard. The society should manage their proper residences and training centres so that after being trained they may earn their livelihood, and be free from begging. iii) Totally neglected Old-Persons
Sometimes old parents are totally, neglected and deserted by the young fellows of their families. Young sons and daughters-in-law consider the old persons as disturbing elements in their family affairs. They do not want to see them in their own residences. They like to enjoy a free life, which is sometimes disliked by the old parents and that results into family clash. This is why parents also do not want to stay with their children. But problem arises - where and how to pass life. They pass their time under open sky and become homeless. Therefore from the view point of positive form of social-non-violence the society should provide proper home to the old and neglected persons so that they may enjoy their old-life peacefully.
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