How to make the world a better place, March 10, 2020-ahimsa
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Started by metmike - March 10, 2020, 12:04 a.m.

Remember the concept of ahimsa.


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By metmike - March 10, 2020, 12:07 a.m.
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Ahimsa (Ahinsa) (Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ahiṃsā, Pāli:[1] avihiṃsā) means 'not to injure' and 'compassion' and refers to a key virtue in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.[2][3][4] The word is derived from the Sanskrit root hiṃs – to strike; hiṃsā is injury or harm, a-hiṃsā is the opposite of this, i.e. cause no injury, do no harm.[5][6] Ahimsa is also referred to as nonviolence, and it applies to all living beings—including all animals—in ancient Indian religions.[7]

Ahimsa is one of the cardinal virtues[3] and an important tenet of Jainism, where it is first of the Pancha Mahavrata and Hinduism, and in Buddhism where it is the first of the five precepts. Ahimsa is a multidimensional concept,[8] inspired by the premise that all living beings have the spark of the divine spiritual energy; therefore, to hurt another being is to hurt oneself. Ahimsa has also been related to the notion that any violence has karmic consequences.