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NEW HORIZONS OF THINKING (Gurudev Tulsi on Non-Violence)
Gurudev Tulsi was a personality endowed with an endless treasure of original thinking in various domains of knowledge. His thinking and writing is multi-faceted and not much of significance has been left untouched by him. His wide sweep of wisdom continued to shed light on all nooks and corners of society which so far lay hidden from general view.
His mental horizons were so all-encompassing that it is almost impossible to encapsulate them all in this small resume, We, take up, therefore, only one theme i.e. Ahimsa (Non-violence), wherein he set in motion a process of original thinking. We shall try to give here only a limited evaluation of what he has said, written or instructed on the subject. The idea is to provide stimulation to research scholars who may want to do further in depth research on the subject.
Philosophy of Non-Violence
Non-violence is the key to life as it prevails in nature. It transcends the confines of "Desh & Kal" (place and time), as was conceived by our Rishis & Munis of olden times.
Ahimsa is a complete concept, an indivisible whole that cannot be partialised in terms of countries, cultures and times.
Lorn Mahavir has said "Wise is he who practises Ahimsa and does not inflict violence on anybody. A person who has composed even crores of poems, is not wise, if he is committing violence in some way or the other"
As a matter of rule, Ahimsa (non-violence) normally is the way of life of great men Some of them not only live out a non-violent way of life themselves but also inculcate the culture of Non-violence in the whole of society and leave an indelible imprint on the pages of history. In this context, none can ignore Gurudev Tulsi who did so much to mould human conscienceness towards a Non-violenl way of life. The quantum of his contribution to the subject could be assessed from about 200 articles found in the published books.
The famous literary person Yash Pal, wrote about Gurudev Tulsi that though there was no worldly power with him, he was Tulsi-Prajña, Ladnun: Vol. 23 No. 4
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