War and Peace
Essay on WAR AND PEACE Half of all the wars in the world history were started because of the religious backgrounds, and peace was always their hope for end. In this essay I would like to discuss what Gandhi, as the major eastern religious philosopher says about war and peace. ... At the same time Gita is representing the thought of a just war. In his story Arjuna overcomes his doubts and fights, he does know that war means killing some of his family members, but he still goes for it. However the only type of war he accepts is the war with strict rules: cavalry may only go into action against cavalry, infantry against infantry and so on. ... The idea of a Just War is represented here. ... Their death is foreordained” Bhagavad Gita 11:32-3 So how did Ghandi, introducing the idea of ahisma deal with story of Gita, justifying a war, although a just war?