ahimsa

Ashoka was a devotee of ahimsa ( nonviolence ), love, truth, tolerance and vegetarianism.

Medical treatises of the Ayurveda discuss and recommend meat from a purely health-related viewpoint without even mentioning the aspect of ahimsa.

In the practice of ahimsa, the requirements are less strict for the lay persons who have undertaken anuvrata ( Lesser Vows ) than for the monastics who are bound by the Mahavrata " Great Vows ".

While the term ahimsa is not officially mentioned, one passage in the Rig Veda reads, " Do not harm anything.

Jains refrain from all violence ( ahimsa ) and recommend that sinful activities be avoided.

It also names ahimsa as one of five essential virtues ( CU 3. 17. 4 ).

The Chāndogya Upaniṣad, dated to the 8th or 7th century BCE, one of the oldest Upanishads, has the earliest evidence for the use of the word ahimsa in the sense familiar in Hinduism ( a code of conduct ).

Nevertheless the sources show that this compromise between supporters of ahimsa and meat eaters was shaky and hotly disputed.

A thorough historical and philosophical study of ahimsa was instrumental in the shaping of Albert Schweitzer's principle of " reverence for life ".

For instance, they were to express no anger, never retaliate, submit to the opponent's orders and assaults, submit to arrest by the authorities, surrender personal property when confiscated by the authorities but refuse to surrender property held in trust, refrain from swearing and insults ( which are contrary to ahimsa ), refrain from saluting the Union flag, and protect officials from insults and assaults even at the risk of the resister's own life.

Three other teachings closely associated with Jainism also make an appearance in Yoga: the doctrine of " colors " in karma ( lesya ); the Telos of isolation ( kevala in Jainism and Kaivalyam in Yoga ); and the practice of non-violence ( ahimsa ).

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Gandhi promoted the principle of ahimsa very successfully by applying it to all spheres of life, particularly to politics.

Rosenberg ’ s goal has been to develop a practical process for interaction rooted in Gandhi ’ s philosophy of " ahimsa " which translates as " the overflowing love that arises when all ill-will, anger, and hate have subsided from the heart.

In one view ( in India, known as ahimsa or satyagraha ) it could be said that it is compassion in the form of respectful disagreement.

Ashoka implemented principles of ahimsa by banning hunting and violent sports activity and ending indentured and forced labor ( many thousands of people in war-ravaged Kalinga had been forced into hard labor and servitude ).

In the aftermath of the carnage caused in the invasion of Kalinga, he renounced bloodshed and pursued a policy of non-violence or ahimsa after converting to Buddhism.

Some Śvētāmbara monks and nuns cover their mouth with a white cloth or muhapatti to practise ahimsa even when they talk.

Forgiveness teaches us Ahimsa ( non-violence ) and through ahimsa we should learn to practice forbearance.

In these latter cases the faiths do not promote deference, as happens in monotheisms ; rather each suggests a path of action that will bring the practitioner into conformance with the divine law: ahimsa — ' no harm ' — for Buddhist and Hindu faiths ; de or te — ' virtuous action ' — in daoism ; and any of numerous practices of peace and love in new age thinking.

The word in the middle is " ahimsa ".

In Gandhi ’ s thought, ahimsa precludes not only the act of inflicting a physical injury, but also mental states like evil thoughts and hatred, unkind behavior such as harsh words, dishonesty and lying, all of which he saw as manifestations of violence incompatible with ahimsa. Gandhi believed ahimsa to be a creative energy force, encompassing all interactions leading one's self to find satya, " Divine Truth ".

In Gandhi ’ s thought, ahimsa precludes not only the act of inflicting a physical injury, but also mental states like evil thoughts and hatred, unkind behavior such as harsh words, dishonesty and lying, all of which he saw as manifestations of violence incompatible with ahimsa. Gandhi believed ahimsa to be a creative energy force, encompassing all interactions leading one's self to find satya, " Divine Truth ".

The texts declare that ahimsa should be extended to all forms of life.

The ahimsa doctrine is a late development in Brahmanical culture.

The term ahimsa appears in the text Taittiriya Shakha of the Yajurveda ( TS 5. 2. 8. 7 ), where it refers to non-injury to the sacrificer himself.