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to say a few words from the standpoint of social relationships, attitudes and organisation on the five Anuvratas which constitute the foundation and the most important part of the ethical code. There is no more conclusive evidence of the deep insight of our ancient teachers than their recognition of non-violence ( AfEHT) as the first and the greatest of the principles of higher life.
NON-VIOLENCE ( EFI) The Role of Force and Fraud in History.
So far human relationships have been regu. lated very largely, though not exclusively, through the instrument of brute force, that is through the exertion of superior prowess by individuals, groups, classes, nations or races to exploit others, to keep them in subordination, and to make them minister to their own interests. All this has constituted a standing negation of the worth of personality as personality, the dignity of man as man. Secondly, the exertion of force has been met by short-cuts or evasion, that is, hypocrisy or fraud, on the parts of the victims. Force or fraud, indeed, complement each other and are revealed in any analysis of social relationships as two aspects of a single process. Nor is the practice of fraud confined to subjects. It is used even more extensively by masters to fill up the gaps necessarily left by force to round off the scheme of overlordship and exploitation. Subjec
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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