Awaken non-violence within

Children, non-violence is the highest dharma. The mother’s spanking of her child cannot be considered violence because she had spanked her daughter with a good intention: she wanted her daughter to have a bright future. While planting a fruit-bearing sapling, we might uproot many small plants around it. Looked at from this perspective, uprooting the small plants was no loss and cannot be considered violence. Even hurting a few individuals for the selfless purpose of safeguarding the well-being of society cannot be considered violence.