Sri Ramakrishna in Today's Violent World

Author: Swami AtmashraddhanandaSwami Gautamananda/Swami SiddhinathandaContributor(s)/Artiste(s): Arnold Toynbee/Kuvempu/Linda Prugh et alPublisher: Sri Ramakrishna MathYear: 2009Language: EnglishPages: 208ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788178235059 DescriptionWe live in an age of violence. Though violence has been a scar on the human consciousness from time immemorial, never has it assumed such scale, shape and dimensions as in this age. Violence cannot be checked by merely providing arms to self-defence groups, making stringent laws and holding peace meets. While all these measures have a limited role to play, what is needed is a new and better perspective wherein humanity’s spiritual needs are met and nourished. It is only when a man is spiritually impoverished and is cut off from the Source of his being-which is full of peace, love and joy-that he becomes violent and cruel. In a relative perspective, to advocate non-violence means to spread the message of spiritual growth and strong pers