Why nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

Monks of this sect reject all worldly possessions in order to live a totally ascetic life. Their nakedness is also a statement that they are beyond feelings such as modesty and shame. Till recently, most Jains would fast and pray during Paryushan in their attempt to overcome desire of any kind; this year, the festival has taken on a new shade of penance. Kaya klesh, a ritual in which every hair strand is pulled out till the head is bald, is a must for Jain monks.

Orthodox Jain monks and nuns demonstrate this reverence for all life by wearing cloth masks over their faces to prevent them from accidentally inhaling tiny flying insects and sweeping the ground in front of them to avoid crushing any living organism under their feet. Hello, Jainism does not follow or believe in Caste System.

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So we learn in the books on mechanics. This is equally true of human actions. The difference is that in the one case we generally know the forces at work, and when we do, we can mathematically foretell the resultant.

In the case of human actions, they result from a concurrence of forces of most of which we have no knowledge. But our ignorance must not be made to serve the cause of disbelief in the power of these forces. Rather is our ignorance a cause for greater faith. And non-violence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, it demands the greatest exercise of faith.

Even as we believe in God in faith, so have we to believe in non-violence in faith. Violence like water, when it has an outlet, rushes forward furiously with an overwhelming force. Non-violence cannot act madly.

It is the essence of discipline. But, when it is set going, no amount of violence can crush it. For full play, it requires unsullied purity and an unquenchable faith Ahimsa is a science.

The word 'failure' has no place in the vocabulary of science. Failure to obtain the expected result is often the precursor to further discoveries. If the function of himsa is to devour all it comes across, the function of ahimsa is to rush into the mouth of himsa. In an atmosphere of ahimsa one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa. Violence can only be effectively met by non-violence. This is an old, established truth That very few understand how to wield this mighty weapon is true.

It requires a lot of understanding and strength of mind. It is unlike what is needed in military schools and colleges. The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa with ahimsa arises from weakness of mind. This ahimsa is the basis of the search for truth. I am realizing every day that the search is vain unless it is founded on ahimsa as the basis. It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself.

For we are all tarred with the same brush, and are children of one and the same creator, and as such, the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that Being but with Him the whole world.