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any institution for training in good relations. Without good relations, no permanent development of any nation can be possible. In Yuvācharya Sri's view training in nonviolence and Anekānta is essential for the development of good relations in society. It is unfortunate that in present democracy opposition parties have been regarded as essential, but in fact, in a real democracy. there should be counterpart of the ruling party and not the opposition party.
Yuvachārya Sri envisages that the election system is linked with casteism, communalism and other forms of violent behaviours. To make it non-violent, it is essential to practise the ideology of Aņuvrata. For growth of nonviolence in politics, he stresses on research in democracy, non-violence and Aņuvrata. Besides for non-violent politics the decentralization of power is also essential so that the administrator may not become despotic. If the policy of decentralization is not adopted, it will only promote vested interests. Regarding the relations between individual and society or nation, he holds that the relation between them must not be mechanical. The desirable values such as truth and non-violence should be practised by the individual as well as by society and the nation. For a healthy society and nation, the individual must be loyal to the nation but at the same time the freedom of the individual must be preserved. However, freedom does not mean libertinism. Freedom always requires self-discipline. Such freedom based on self-discipline alone can protect individual's distinctiveness which is the essential condition of the growth of the nation. Thus, Yuvāchārya Sri advises us to explain and interpret politics and sociology in the light of non-violence and Anekānta so that a new technique of socio-political development may be actualised and this initiative must be taken by the Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Ladnun-an international spiritual centre and centre for value education, Psychology of Non-Violence
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