PEACE

BY SAWMHOIHKIM VALTE
DC2021BTE0089
UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES
 Peace is basically the absence of or freedom from
disturbances or chaos.

In this context, peace can be defined as freedom from upsetting thoughts or feelings
and hence harmony in personal relations. When peace avails in the human mind and
body , so does it avail among the human beings.
Absolute peace manifests as inner mental calm , and the ability to maintain
equanimity in all situations. When we feel peaceful within ourselves we will naturally
feel peaceful towards others.
That is why the importance of peace for any person and the society on a bigger scale
is obvious. Without peace no individual and no nation can move forward. Only in a
peaceful atmosphere mankind can secure greater heights. A society without peace is like
life in the state of nature – brutish , barbaric , short and dull.
Generally , peace is classified into two types : Internal
Peace and External Peace
Internal Peace External Peace
 Internal peace is called by another word  External peace is peace that occurs in
̳inner peace‘ is peace of mind or soul. It is society, nations and the world; it is a
a state of calm, serenity and tranquility of normal state of society, countries and the
mind that arise due to having no world and it is a state of peaceful and
sufferings or mental disturbances such as happy co-existence of people as well as
worry, anxiety, greed, desire, hatred, ill- nature. External peace, in order to see it
will ,delusion and/or other defilements. clearly, can be described in its negative
Internal peace is peace within oneself; it is and positive sense as follows; negative
derived from practicing or training of sense: the absence of war, hostility,
mind of an individual. Sometimes, a man agitation, social disorder, disturbances,
can create and maintain his inner peace in social injustice, social inequality,
the noisy surrounding or in the un- violence, violation of human rights, riot,
peaceful society.
Internal Peace External Peace
 Internal peace is stressed in the field of  terrorism, ecological imbalance, etc.,
religion, especially religions in the East. positive sense: a state of social harmony,
In the view of religions, this type of peace social justice, social equality, friendship
can be reached by means of prayer, or friendly relation, concord, public order
meditation, wisdom and other ways. and security, respect for human rights and
Internal peace is essential; it is generally ecological balance, etc.17 Herein,
regarded as true peace and as a real external peace is the absence of all social
foundation of peace in society or peace in evils as well as the presence of all social
the world. It clearly shows that internal virtues. Internal peace and external peace
peace influences external peace. It is like are interrelated. Both are interdependent
a big building which has to be grounded and help support each other. Internal
or constructed by the first brick. Peace is peace represents individual‘s peace while
also built likewise. World peace and other external peace represents peace in
levels of external peace, if we wish it to society. It is well known that society is a
become a permanent one, should be combination of each individual. Society
grounded on the real internal peace of depends on how an individual is. On the
man‘s heart. contrary, society influences an individual.
If society is good, it is useful for the
development of the individual‘s life
quality. We have known that
̳environments influence human life‘.
 Peace is also likewise. Internal peace is the core, the essence and the firm
foundation of external peace. The former guarantees and sustains the latter. If
each individual is at peace, society combined with each peaceful individual,
has peace too. On the contrary, external peace in the sense of peaceful society
or good society has an important role in supporting an individual to get inner
peace. That is, if there are no wars, conflicts, violence, harming, killing and so
on in the society, people in such society will have peace within themselves. It
is because there is nothing to disturb their minds. They have a good society or
a good environment to develop themselves in order to obtain inner peace.
Hence, Gandhi said ―Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace
to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Therefore, internal peace and external peace are interrelated; both are
mutually beneficent.
Importance of peace
 Peace is the cornerstone of every nation’s development as it comes along with
unity, positive thinking, and collaboration for the common good of all. There is
the need for citizens to decide on a set of united values that they will live by and
nurture for the next generation.