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Ahimsa Research Institute-its scope and sphere of work
from Hindus. It is also not binding on the Hindu University to conduct its teachings in such a way as to inculcate a feeling of respect and admiration for Hindu Culture.
Notwithstanding all this we find a feeling ofk inship for the Hindu University among the Hindus who even look up to it to uphold their ideals.
The same holds true for the Muslim University.
A University gives prominence to a particular language which it adopts as its medium of instruction and undertakes the responsibility of satisfying the needs and requirements of the particular region or country where it is situated.
Ahimsa University is a different type of University. Ahimsa University cannot bind itself to the service of any particular geographical region or country. It cannot restrict itself to any particular language as its medium of instruction. The Ahimsa University shall be motivated by the ideal that Ahimsa (Non-Violence) is the Universal Law of Life and that mankind, consciously or unconsciously in the natural course of its progress and growth moves towards Ahimsa. The fulfilment of life will depend largely on the measure of Ahimsa pervading our individual life, family life and community life. The main function of the Ahimsa University would consequently be to discover ways and means to introduce Ahimsa in all tha various fields of artistic endeavour, studies and research with International help and co-operation.
The Ahimsa University will of course work for the propagation and clarification of the ideal of Ahimsa, a cause so dear to the Jains, the Vaishanavas and others who have adopted it as their main creed. But this will not be its main objective. Its endeavours will cover a much wider field. The Ahimsa University will conduct a thorough and comprehensive research with a view to finding out ways and means of introducing Ahimsa in all the various fields of human life and endeavour. To see that men do not take to Himsa (Violence) in obtaining the food they eat and the dress they wear, that Ahimsa is adopted as a moral code for individual and family life and to introduce Ahimsa in the wider field of social relations, economics and public administration would be that object of the Ahimsa University. The main purpose of the University would be to eliminate tension and strife between man and man caused by the differences of caste, creed, race, nationality and colour and to foster a spirit of co-operation and brotherhood in its place.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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