Non-Violence
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Dadashri: Yes. A weapon is of no use at all. The thought
that I would need a weapon has never crossed my mind. Since
the day I laid down the ‘sword’, I have not picked it up again. I
would not pick it up even if my opponent had a sword. This is the
path one will ultimately have to come to. Those who find this
world cumbersome and want to break free from it, will have to
travel this very path: no other paths are available.
One simply has to master ahimsa in order to accomplish
everything else. The power of ahimsa is such that even a lion and
a lamb will stand side by side at the waterhole.
Questioner: Was it like that during the time of the
Tirthankaras?
Dadashri: Yes. One cannot even describe what it was like
then. If the world understood even a single sentence of these
Tirthankaras, it would have sanctified it and put it into practice.
Unfortunately, the world did not comprehend the message behind
those words, and moreover, no one is around to explain.
Questioner: Dada, but you are here.
Dadashri: How much sound will my little flute create?
The Power of the Gnani’s Ahimsa
How does the Gnani Purush deal with the world? He is so
non-violent in his worldly dealings that even the most ferocious
tiger would be pacified and shy away from him. Such is the power
of ahimsa. The world has already witnessed the effects of violence
through people like Hitler and Stalin. Just look at the outcome,
everything came to an end; nothing lasted.
There is No Violence Where there is Ahimsa
Questioner: Is there violence where there is non-violence?
Dadashri: There can never be any violence where there is
complete non-violence; otherwise it is called partial non-violence.