Mahavira Was A Great Fighter || Acharya Prashant

Full video : Is non-violence about not fighting the false and evil? || Acharya Prashant (2019)

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00:00Mahavir was a great fighter, was he not?

00:02Just that he was fighting the evil inside.

00:05He said this body keeps clamoring for food, I'll fight it.

00:08His wailer is no less than that of the Sikh gurus who fought on the battlefield.

00:13Both are fighting the false.

00:15Both are fighting that which seeks to envelop and eclipse godliness.

00:21When hunger arises, you forget God, don't you?

00:24And when the enemy is overpowering you, then again you forget God.

00:27You just start seeking your own physical safety.

00:30Do you see what is violence then?

00:32To forget God, to forget the truth.

00:34What is non-violence?

00:35To fight that which makes you forget the truth.