Awaken Bharata
Major Sections
Books By David Frawley
THE TWO WINGS OF DHARMA
Non-Violence and Non-Appeasement

Many of the problems in India today have arisen because of this inability to combine non-violence with non-appeasement. Non-violence in India has been associated with an attitude of telling all religious groups that they are right, even when what they may be perpetrating is wrong or harmful. But Hinduism is not a limited religion based upon a particular belief. As Sanatana Dharma, or a formulation of the universal religion, it states that we are all subject to the same universal laws. Hence non-violence itself is part of a global Dharma and must be used to address all the issues of humanity, or it has no real meaning.

That a policy of non-violent appeasement has not worked does not mean that a policy of non-violence has failed. Appeasement is another form of violence, not the basic attitude of non-violence. Appeasement or giving in to the violence of others, is a passive form of violence, not true non-violence.

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About The Two Wings Of Dharma
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The Meaning of Ahimsa Pg1
The Meaning of Ahimsa Pg2
The Problem....Pg1
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The Problem...Pg3
The Problem...Pg4
The Problem...Pg5
The Problem...Pg6
Ahimsa....Pg1
Ahimsa....Pg2
Ahimsa....Pg3
The Conscience...Pg1
The Conscience...Pg2
The Conscience...Pg3
Non-Violence...Pg1
Non-Violence...Pg2
Non-Violence...Pg3