Ideology of Peace
PEACE IN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
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Establish peace at all costs. Do not counter violence
with violence. Instead, counter violence by the
unilateral exercise of patience and the avoidance of
conflict, in order that the atmosphere of peace may
not be disturbed.
PEACE IN HINDUISM
Hinduism is based on the principle of non-dualism,
which means that, in this world, the Creator and the
Creation are not two different entities. It is rather
the same reality which is manifested in different
things and different beings in this world. According
to this principle, a man and his fellow men are one
and the same. There is no difference between one
and the other.
This concept produces a sense of fellow feeling for
all living beings. It negates the principle of
otherness. Indeed, the feeling of otherness simply
disappears. This being so, committing violence or
aggression against others is, in principle, like
committing aggression against one’s own self. It is
this concept, which is the ideological source of
peace in Hinduism. The British historian, Arnold
