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"अहिंसा परमो धर्मः गलत है, हिंसा ही धर्म है" || आचार्य प्रशांत, वेदांत महोत्सव (2023)
आचार्य प्रशांत
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Ahimsa Paramo Dharma
Mahabharata
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Scriptures
Misinformation
Bhagavad Gita
Self-knowledge
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a common misinformation campaign spread through social media regarding the phrase "Non-violence is the supreme duty" (Ahimsa Paramo Dharma). He clarifies that a popular WhatsApp forward claiming that Mahatma Gandhi omitted a second half of this verse—"Violence for the sake of Dharma is also duty" (Dharma Himsa Tathaiva Cha)—is entirely false. He asserts that this second phrase does not exist in any authentic scripture, including the Mahabharata or the Bhagavad Gita. He expresses deep concern over organized efforts to fabricate scriptural verses to incite violence and manipulate the public, noting that such lies are easily accepted because most people lack knowledge of Sanskrit and do not read the original texts.