# The Weapon - Ahimsa Poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan

# The Weapon - Ahimsa

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[AHIMSA IS NON VOILENCE

a war in which...both
the winner...and
the loser would win

no blood shed
a saved manhood
a war very different

what a weapon this is
which would'nt provoke
which would invoke

INVOKE HUMANITY

this weapon: AHIMSA
previosly used: in INDIA
the expert in it: MAHATMA

THE WORLD HAS NOT LEARNT FROM INDIA
OUR MAHATMA'S AHIMSA

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ken E Hall 24 May 2009

Oh if only the world would listen..... the great man of India' reflection 'There is enough in the world for everyone except the greedy'.....10 regards

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Sandra Martyres 23 May 2009

Another wonderful write Samanyan.....If only we thought and practised Ahimsa...in the true spirit of the Mahatma....the world and India too would be a different place...10+++

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Miriam Maia Padua 23 May 2009

great write... wonderful thoughts... expressed concern for world peace a write that wish to have a world of peace, a world of hope..a world of love... 10+++

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Bob Blackwell 23 May 2009

Samanyan, your thoughts are my thoughts. AHIMSA IS THE ONLY WAY! ! ! No war is justified. The world's greatest weakness is its inability to stop going to war. I thank you for this poem. Wram regards Bob

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Ramesh T A 23 May 2009

Yes, you are right; many don't follow even in India!

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Louis Rams 02 June 2009

then we should all put it to use.

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Ashraful Musaddeq 25 May 2009

Beautiful idea is there. Thanks for sharing.

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Sathyanarayana M V S 25 May 2009

evocative poem. Very very good. Please take a look at my poem WEAPON, on same theme.

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Subbaraman N V 25 May 2009

Yes; it is that weapon precisely turned Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi into Mahatma Gandhi! A nice write!

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C. P. Sharma 24 May 2009

A beautiful poem. Gandhi taught the world peaceful way to protest Instead of war peaceful coexistence suggest CP

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