Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Non-Violence Non-violence is the ultimate dharma is a very popular saying. Normally, we apply this to actions such as wars, killing animals, hunting etc. Strangely, we do not apply it to our day to day life. True, killings are violent acts. Violence need not be always in the form of killing. Causing minor injuries is also violence. Hurting in any manner is violence. e.g. harassing our subordinate in our office with a load of work beyond his capabilities is an unjust and therefore a violent act. When such things take place in our own life, we do not see even a shadow of the question mark. We believe that our actions do not fall within the definition of violence. We simply assume that we know many things for sure and forge ahead blindly. This is indeed the cause for many emotional conflicts in life. When we understand what constitutes violence, we can comprehend what non-violence is. We will then be able to reap the benefits of observing non-violence. Hatred is violence, love is non-violence. When the feeling of hatred resides in the heart in any form - words, actions or thoughts, it amounts to violence. Sometimes hatred does not even manifest in the form of speech. It assumes the form of emotional vibrations. To avoid all kinds of ill thoughts let us meditate on Baba and pray. " May all of us live happily. May us all be healthy. May auspiciousness shower on us all. May not a single being be unhappy " This is an emotional prayer. It is directly opposite to mental violence. In other words, it emanates from a heart that is devoid of hatred and is filled with love. Violence, which has its root in hatred bears the fruit, called sin. Conversely, non-violence, which comes out of love, bears the fruit called merit. If we harm someone out of hatred, he will suffer immediately. We will pay for it later. If we do good to someone out of love, he will enjoy instantaneously. We will reap the benefit later. The seed that we have sown now will take some time to sprout, grow in to a big tree and bear fruits. But we can not imagine how many fruits and seeds will come out of the tree, for which we have sown the seed. We will have to reap it all. We can not escape it. Baba Said " God is the sole Proprietor, nobody else is our protector " . Let us pray Shri Sai to give us the intellect and wisdom to make tomorrow's world a happier place to stay by following his principle of “Shraddha” and “Saburi” Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying ‘Om Sai Ram’ to whom so ever you meet. OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him Jai Sai Ram Swamy Mahadevan Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all Baba Bless you ever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 om sai ram 'Hurting in any manner is violence.' ----well said!!!It is our speech which so many times does lot of harm. --Good article!!! 'sai bless u' sai ram --- sssdgroup <sssdgroup wrote: > Non-Violence > > Non-violence is the ultimate dharma is a very > popular saying. > Normally, we apply this to actions such as wars, > killing animals, > hunting etc. Strangely, we do not apply it to our > day to day life. > True, killings are violent acts. Violence need not > be always in the > form of killing. Causing minor injuries is also > violence. Hurting in > any manner is violence. e.g. harassing our > subordinate in our office > with a load of work beyond his capabilities is an > unjust and > therefore a violent act. > > When such things take place in our own life, we do > not see even a > shadow of the question mark. We believe that our > actions do not fall > within the definition of violence. We simply assume > that we know > many things for sure and forge ahead blindly. This > is indeed the > cause for many emotional conflicts in life. When we > understand what > constitutes violence, we can comprehend what > non-violence is. We > will then be able to reap the benefits of observing > non-violence. > > Hatred is violence, love is non-violence. When the > feeling of hatred > resides in the heart in any form - words, actions or > thoughts, it > amounts to violence. Sometimes hatred does not even > manifest in the > form of speech. It assumes the form of emotional > vibrations. > > To avoid all kinds of ill thoughts let us meditate > on Baba and pray. > > " May all of us live happily. May us all be healthy. > > May auspiciousness shower on us all. May not a > single being be > unhappy " > > This is an emotional prayer. It is directly opposite > to mental > violence. In other words, it emanates from a heart > that is devoid of > hatred and is filled with love. Violence, which has > its root in > hatred bears the fruit, called sin. Conversely, > non-violence, which > comes out of love, bears the fruit called merit. > > If we harm someone out of hatred, he will suffer > immediately. We > will pay for it later. If we do good to someone out > of love, he will > enjoy instantaneously. We will reap the benefit > later. The seed that > we have sown now will take some time to sprout, grow > in to a big > tree and bear fruits. But we can not imagine how > many fruits and > seeds will come out of the tree, for which we have > sown the seed. We > will have to reap it all. We can not escape it. > > Baba Said > > " God is the sole Proprietor, nobody else is our > protector " . > > Let us pray Shri Sai to give us the intellect and > wisdom to make tomorrow's world a happier place to > stay by following his principle of “Shraddha” and > “Saburi” > > Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying > ‘Om Sai Ram’ to whom so ever you meet. > > OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the > lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of > all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, > and increase our devotion towards him > > Jai Sai Ram > Swamy Mahadevan > Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all > Baba Bless you ever!!! > > > > > > > ______________________________\ ____ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Mail Q & A for great tips from Answers users. http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396546091 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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