"Non-violence is the ultimate dharma. So too is violence in service of Dharma."
— Ahimsa

January 1, 1970

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Attributed to the Mahabharata by Swami Chinmayananda He says: "Let us for a moment go to the original sacred verse and investigate the significances of the moral precept: Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah. This is the opening line of a stanza, and the very next line reads: Dharma himsaa tathaiva cha. “So too is all righteous violence.” [https://satyameva-jayate.org/2011/08/10/dharma-himsa/