| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE TWO WINGS OF DHARMA | |
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Conscience of Non-Violence
Non-violence does not mean being unwilling to uphold the truth in order not to offend anyone. It means questioning violence in all its forms, even if that done in the name of God. Modern Hindus are generally unwilling to challenge evil, including the limitations of modern commercial sensate culture, or the backward, exclusivist, and often anti-Hindu views of various religious groups. Rather, they accept these things out of a passive attitude that masks itself as non-violence or tolerance. There is much destruction going on in the world of land, plants, animals, people, and cultures. Yet Hindus have kept silent on these issues though Hindu Dharma teaches the unity of life, the sacred nature of the Earth, the protection of animals, and the inviolability of the law of karma. Such passivity is not true tolerance but a sanctioning of the forces of destruction. The moral force of Hindu spiritual principles is necessary for humanity to survive. |
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