Indian culture insists on living in harmony. Led by Mahatma Gandhi, India got freedom by following the path of peace, non-violence and tolerance. Nothing can be achieved through violence. Today what would be the result of modern scientific progress? The countries are in pursuit of nuclear arms, race for the power and pride of their own nation, and with the false notion that these warheads decrease the chances of crisis escalation, but the truth is this may cause destruction of the entire world. We have waged wars in the name of liberty and peace and made weapons to ensure stability. However, greed and lust for power spawn new conflicts or lay the seeds of future wars. Today, even poor countries spend their scarce resources on weapons and armies. Those who senselessly go after violent methods themselves become hostage to the forces of destruction they have unleashed. Behind most of the wars, there are three evils – anger, greed and pride which may later spiral into jealousy, insecurity, resentment and hostility.
The original nature of water is coolness. If we boil the water and then keep it aside, it goes back to its original state of coolness. Similarly, peace is the original nature and basic quality of man. It is impossible to live a happy life without peace. Peace is not a physical thing. This is a fundamental quality of the human mind. We cannot achieve anything by being jealous, narrow minded, and hateful, in fact we harm ourselves. Jealousy, malice, is a fire that burns ourselves before we experiment on others. Just like a fire stick burns the stick first, similarly we first spoil our own peace and happiness.
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