Gita is not a violent text (Was: Re: Gita is indeed a violent text)

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

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Divine Qualities

Non-violence

By Swami Yuktatmananda

Non-violence is a supreme virtue. The Bhagavad Gita
describes it as a divine quality (16.2) and as a form of
physical austerity (17.14). Non-violence consists in not
harming others by thought, word, or deed. A spiritual
seeker takes care to be free from the tendency to harm
others in any way, whether for selfish interest or even
for his self-preservation. Says a Sanskrit proverb,
"Helping others is meritorious; harming others is
sinful."

Non-violence is based on love: Non-violence can be
practiced only when we have love for others. We cultivate
this love by remembering that we are all children of God.
Says Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras, "When we are
established in non-violence, all enmity ceases in our
presence." (2.35) True non-violence includes love for
animals. Swami Vivekananda explains: "As with some, [non-
injury] does not simply mean the non-injuring of human
beings and mercilessness towards the lower animals; nor,
as with some others, does it mean the protecting of cats
and dogs and feeding of ants with sugar--with liberty to
injure brother-man in every horrible way! It is
remarkable that almost every good idea in this world can
be carried to a disgusting extreme. A good practice
carried to an extreme and worked in accordance with the
letter of the law becomes a positive evil."

Non-violence is not a result of weakness: Non-violence is
a quality born of sattva . . .

Continues at:

http://www.ramakrishna.org/activities/message/message38.htm

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti http://is.gd/jyotishi

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

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Question: Why does the Bhagavad-gita call for violence?

By Chaitanya Charan das
December 23, 2011

Answer: The Bhagavad-gita calls not for violence, but for
transcendence.

It may seem to call for violence because of its
battlefield setting, but it uses that setting to
demonstrate that its call for transcendence is practical,
responsible and dynamic. Let's see how the setting serves
these three purposes:

Continues at:

http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2011/12/why-does-the-bhagavad-gita-call-for-violence/

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti http://is.gd/jyotishi

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

In article

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=3Den#!topic/alt.fan.jai-maharaj/e4Agqj4dQNE
The Gita lists ahimsa as the first of virtues, affirms
the unity of life everywhere so that the yogi feels
another s joys and sorrows as his own, and explains in
detail how and why to practice meditation.
http://mettacenter.org/definitions/gloss-concepts/bhagavad-gita/

Checked this out. They are only quoting Gandhi, a political entity of
dubious quality.
- Arindam Banerjee

Yes the page has a link to:

Gandhi’s commentary on the Gita

http://j.mp/1Tzahjr

Or,

https://books.google.com/books?id=HUbUcXcXES8C&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=gandhi+commentary+on+bhagavad+gita&source=bl&ots=8alPn4ZkTz&sig=kAQyVEE8AsGQSUjtpjzMdpxOfsM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3qhlU52UNZeEoQSyuIGwDg#v=onepage&q=gandhi%20commentary%20on%20bhagavad%20gita&f=false

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