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Non-violence, and killing mosquitoes || Acharya Prashant (2019)
Prakrati
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Liberation
Non-violence
Consciousness
Empathy
Bondage
Duality
Dharma
Self-love
Description

Acharya Prashant explains that violence is a condition inherent to the human form, which is why saints often loathed being born as humans and sought liberation. Unlike animals, who act out of physical conditioning and lack the consciousness to choose, humans possess the capacity to choose between bondage and liberation. Violence is defined not merely as killing, but as making choices that favor bondage over freedom. He emphasizes that consciousness gains liberation by being sympathetic toward itself; a lack of self-love and self-respect leads people to tolerate suffering and remain in bondage. Therefore, empathy for oneself naturally extends outward to other conscious beings, including animals.