Training in Nonviolence

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Anuvrat Global Organization

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Non-absolutist Lifestyle - An Antidote to Violence
Now I would like to say something about sankalp. We pledge that this year we will carry out more experiments in the field of ahimsa. We have to pay heed to nonviolence training. The question of hunger and employment is also intimately connected with it. If the government takes a pledge that no student will be allowed to leave the institute of learning without undergoing training in fair means of livelihood, many of our problems are likely to be solved. The second pledge a government is required to take is that no person in its province will starve or go to bed hungry. It will not be fair if we only expect everything from others. They also have their problems and limitations. Our workers should pay attention to the problem as to how they can make use of ahimsa in their daily life.
There are two more burning problems today i.e. feticide and drug addiction. We have to see that we make special efforts in both these areas. I ask Yuvacharya Mahashraman to take an oath that he will not allow the graph of learning in the Terapanth Jain Religious Order to go down. It is on the ascent at present. I have put forward some views on sankalp and introspection. Pay heed to them, solve a problem by adopting anekant lifestyle (non-absolutist attitude) and try to understand the ultimate reality and secrets of anekant (non-absolutism).
Acharya Mahapragya addressing the valedictory session of the Nonviolence Leadership Training Camp at the Peace Palace, Rajsamand
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