If
a person has a wrong idea about the truth, thinking for example that
fire does not burn or water isn't wet, it is our duty to correct
their wrong attitude not to tolerate it under the guise of
non-violence.
To excuse violence on the part of
some people but to expose it on the part of others destroys the
consistency of the policy. Such a policy, in failing to uphold the
universality of the Dharma, cannot truly able uphold Dharma. To
really work, non-violence must be wedded to truthfulness as it is in
yogic thought.
It should not be used to excuse a policy of prejudice
or violence by those of another religious belief, anymore than by
those of one's own belief. The modern Hindu policy of non-violence
has gone so far as to place false beliefs beyond criticism.
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