Non-Violence
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force. This is the natural law. Nature is at work here and nature
brings forth the results, so do not be concerned without cause.
Hoarding is Violence
Questioner: Businessmen make excessive profit. Many
of them make money without putting in any effort. Some do not
even compensate their workers adequately. Is such behavior not
violence?
Dadashri: That is all violent behavior.
Questioner: What kind of himsa is it when a person gives
money towards a religious cause, obtained through devious and
violent means?
Dadashri: If that money is donated for a charitable cause,
his liability will be reduced by whatever amount he sacrifices. For
example, if he earned a hundred thousand rupees and donated
eighty thousand to build a hospital, then his liability will be reduced
by whatever he donates. He will still be liable for the remaining
twenty thousand rupees. So it is good that he spends it for a worthy
cause. There is nothing wrong with it.
Questioner: Is it not himsa to hoard money?
Dadashri: That is himsa. Any kind of hoarding is violence
because it deprives others of the use of money.
Questioner: People accumulate money by mass killing of
other human beings so that they can live lavishly. What is that
called?
Dadashr i: That too is wrong! One will be punished
according to the amount of liability one incurs. The best way to
live is to keep as little as possible.
Confront in Peace
Questioner: You say that one should not steal or commit