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Non-Violence
example: There is a vacant plot surrounded by shops in an affluent
area of a town. Someone has informed the police about hidden
excise goods buried there. The site is overgrown with vegetation
after the rainfall. The police start to dig and they unearth the goods.
They arrest Laxmichand who they were told was the owner of
the land. Laxmichand tells them that he was no longer the owner
and that he had sold the land two weeks ago. When the new
owner is interrogated, he protests to being accused and tells the
police that he had only bought the land a fortnight ago, while the
goods must have been buried before the rainy season, since the
area was now overgrown with vegetation. The police, however,
are only concerned about the present-day ownership of the land
and although the new owner purchased it only fifteen days ago,
he is still held responsible because he is the owner now. The
problem is with the ownership. If one were to look at the facts, it
was obvious that the goods were buried before the rain. Past
ownership has no value or responsibility. The current owner bears
all the responsibility.
“I am Chandulal” is being owner of the body and hence
you are responsible for all his actions. “I am Pure Soul” is the
State of the Gnani; where there is no ownership at all and hence
no liability of violence.
You will only find a resolution when you understand
everything from such detailed perspective. How else can this puzzle
be solved?
“It is a puzzle. The world is the puzzle itself. How can one
solve this puzzle? There are two viewpoints to solving this puzzle:
One ‘relative’ viewpoint, one ‘real’ viewpoint.”
If one does not solve this puzzle, then one will become
dissolved in it, like everyone else in this world.
Questioner: By saying ‘I am not the owner of this body’
will people not exploit situations and do as they please?