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HINDU ETHICS |
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love to associate Satyam with Ahimsa. These two go together and are considered the highest
virtues. There is no doubt that the gospel of Ahimsa or non-violence is the most
remarkable contribution of India to the religious culture of the world. Hinduism, Jainism
and Buddhism are all one on this point. The law of love is extended in all these religions
even to the sub-human world. It is not limited to humanity as in the ethical codes of
other religions. The greatest exponent of
Ahimsa in modem times, Mahatma Gandhi, thus speaks of it: - "Non-violence is a
perfect stage his a goal towards which all mankind moves naturally, though unconsciously.
Man does not become divine till he personifies innocence in himself. Only then does he
truly become a man. In our present stage we are partly men and partly beasts, and in our
ignorance and even arrogance say that we truly fulfil the purpose of our species when we
deliver We pretend to believe that retaliation is the law of our being, whereas in every scripture we And that retaliation are nowhere obligatory but only permissible. It is restraint that is obligatory. Retaliation is indulgence requiring elaborate regulating. Restraint is the law of our being. For the highest perfection is unattainable without the highest restraint. Suffering is thus the badge of the human tribe." |
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