My Views on Some Issues

ought to be dreamers. I hope you can dream too of a world without war. We need to be idealists.’ If I had to make this point, I would have said that the cause of the culture of violence that prevails today is a lack of maturity among people. People do not know the power of Peace. That is why they so quickly take to violence. The need now is to end people’s immaturity and make them aware of the benefits of Peace. Only after this can the present culture of violence be put an end to. We need to make people aware of the benefits of peace. Another participant remarked that poverty breeds despair, and despair breeds violence. That is why, first of all, poverty should be ended. Only after that can peace be established. On its face, this argument sounds beautiful, but in terms of reality, it holds no weight. If some people earn less and others earn more, it results from natural law and not any oppression. That is why what is needed is for opportunities for work to be expanded as much as possible. Following this, people will start making efforts on their own. In the present age, opportunities are available for everyone. We just need to find and avail them. One speaker spoke about the need for cultivating self-criticism and said that one should not just criticise the wrong actions of others but also look at the causes of their actions.