JIVANAM RAKKHANAM DHAMMO – TO RENDER PROTECTION TO THE LIVING BEING IS
ALSO CALLED DHARMA
“Nothing is higher than Mount Meru
Or anything more expansive than the sky
Likewise know that no dharma
Is equal to Ahimsa in the world” - Bhava Pahuda 91 Today, people are living in a perplexing state. Some say that there is progress and development and some say there is deterioration and decline in the world. Both the views are correct from their respective perspective. But there is no denying the fact that violence, complications, diseases, anxiety, intolerance, hatred, inequality and dissatisfaction has increased in spite of advancements in fields of technology, communication, health sciences and commerce. Man’s ruthless urges against man, nature and other living beings have brought the universe to the threshold of ruin. Philosophies, rituals, racism, orthodoxy and extremism have come to be mistaken as religion and the people have gone a long way towards committing spiritual hara-kiri. The world is facing a horrendous situation. There is unrest in every corner of the world. The crime rate has amplified many-fold because of ever growing greediness, self-centeredness, narrow-mindedness etc. In fact terrorism is becoming very common. The scariest part is in the state of relentless development and
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The closest meaning is Nonviolence or Reverence for