Why was Maharishi Ramana often seated on tiger skins? Isn’t this against Ahimsa? In this video we use the answer to this question to arrive at a greater truth which is that the concept of Absolute Ahimsa, i.e. 100% non-violence at all times and under all conditions, is actually not supported by Vedanta. This is because there can arise certain extreme life-situations in which violence and even war become morally and spiritually justified.
One example of such a rare life-situation when violence became dharma, the right thing to do, is when the Allied Forces went to war against Hitler to put an end to his terrible monstrosities. Another example, which is the one we explore in this video, is when Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi picked up her sword to fight against the oppression of the British East India Company.
Books Referenced In This Video
The above video references the following books.
- Letters from Sri Ramanasramam by Suri Nagamma (Translated by D. S. Sastri) Free Download
- Sri Aurobindo for All Ages, a biography by Nirodbaran
- 1857: The Real Story of the Great Uprising (English translation of “Majha Pravas by Vishnubhat Godse”)
- Majha Pravas (Original Book in Marathi Language), by Vishnubhat Godse Free Download
- The Ranee of Jhansi by D. V. Tahmankar Free Download. (This book on the Rani has not been referenced in the above video but it is worth reading.)
