World Religions Conference November 1957

Author(s): Sushil Muni
Publisher: Achal Singh Seth

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Address from Muni Shri Sushil Kumar ji
the efficacy of Ahimsa should carefully study the immortal pages dealing with the life history of such organisations.
In order to bring about a real change in this world, it is certain that we shall have to supplant the present social structure as based on violence, and to make non-violence as the guiding principle in our every-day life.
We see that Ideas of social order as based on principles of nonviolence are gradually being formed and developed. The success of a society in its practical working depends upon the clear-cut exposition of its principles. Unless instruction is imparted in its pure and un-alloyed form, and is really absorbed by the society, the possibility of establishing a World Religious Unity based on non-violence will ever remain doubtful.
We earnestly feel the need for adopting the principles of non-violence In our individual, domestic and social order of things. But we have to consider the form in which we may adopt them. It would, however, depend upon the guidance and counsel of the learned, the thoughtful and the enlightened souls.
It is certain that the society shall have to adopt non-violence in all the walks of life such as education, health, Institutions and public dealings. For this we have to build up a Research Institute on Non
violence.
The field of activity of the Science of Ahimsa should not be a limited one. It will have to find out the solution through non-violence, of all problems, individual and social. It will have to study also the place and Importance of non-violence in various religions. It will impart its teachings In a purely non-violent manner.
But the most important and pressing problem before us is as to how to extinguish the fires of petty Jealousies, animosities and partisanship that are consuming the very vitals of the society, and how to change the martial drummings of war into sweet melodies of peace and again, how to press science into the service of humanity, and how to establish national and international relationships on the bed-rock of non-violence and thereby remove from society all distinctions of high and low and conflicts between class and class. This is the crying need of the hour and this is the only mission of all the religious-minded persons.
In order to achieve this end, we will have to seek the co-operation of alf and we do hope that you will leave no stone unturned for the success of this noble cause and help in the re-orientation of the ancient culture based
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