Training in Nonviolence

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

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Transformation of Consciousness - A Solution to All Problems
There is a lot of talk about problems and we know them. I do not want to talk about them. I search for solutions of problems. What is the solution? We should concentrate on the solution because the problem is so universal that everyone knows it and can mention it.
What is the solution? We have been undertaking Ahimsa Yatra (a journey on foot to promote nonviolence) for the last six years and have visited many places. Having seen the situation a question arose in our mind, 'What is the reason of one man enjoying great prosperity and another wallowing in poverty, deeply miserable leading an agonizing life? We thought about it. The first cause that came to our mind was a bad social system, the second was a bad educational system. In reality the root cause is a bad social order and under the pretext of circumstances the problem is being compounded.
Man himself is creating the problem. The problem in itself is not that big. We saw a big problem - the problem of hunger. When we talked with the state administrators about it, they said they were introducing a system in which no one would die of hunger. Right, the government sometimes yields, but the bureaucracy does not realize that there are millions of people in this country who are tormented by hunger. So the government evades it. The problem is not of dying from starvation. If that happens the government cannot survive. But the problem is that millions of people go to sleep daily with the acute pain of hunger and the government is absolutely silent on this problem. It regards its responsibility limited to ensure that no one would die of hunger. It does not do anything to remove the agony of hunger. It is clear that even the government has no solution.
The problem is two-fold - external and internal. The problem is due to circumstances as well as to intense emotions. Intense emotions are of many kinds. Some of them are inner like greed, anger, fear etc. and some are outer like hunger, poverty and dearth. I do no hesitate to say that today there is a big scientific society of educated people, but they are unable to control their emotions. They themselves
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