The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 7.4. Swami Krishnananda.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 09, 2020. 05:30/PM. The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita Chapter 7: Can War Ever be Justified ? - 4. (Spoken on Bhagavadgita Jayanti) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. These are questions which are not easily answered. There are some people who pursue a very extreme view of the philosophy of ahimsa. I read a passage of Bertrand Russell, who wrote something on it. He was a philosopher of every kind of thought. You will find him thinking different systems of thought at different levels of his life. In one place he says it has to be accepted that non-aggression is the law of life. Then what would be the consequence? He gives an illustration of a country being invaded by another country if the country is to pursue the principle of nonaggression to the hilt. Mahatma Gandhi did not believe in that kind of extreme ahimsa, though he is said to be one of the prota...