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ahimsa::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | religious doctrine, church doctrine, creed, gospel |
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Ahimsa means acting in ways that will not cause pain or suffering to others.
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Farming, butchering and eating animals seems the opposite of ahimsa to many practitioners.
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He denied the authority of the Hindu scriptures when their teaching was contrary to ahimsa.
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Ahimsa-eating is ethical eating, a way of eating that doesn't monopolize the circle of life.
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The exact definition of ahimsa varies from one tradition to another.
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In Kripalu's view, though, offering meat to some guests came to seem like a kind of ahimsa, too.
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In the end, the principle of ahimsa carries the day at Kripalu.
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The aim of ahimsa is to prevent the accumulation of such karma.
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The central concept particularly relevant to compassion in Hindu spirituality is that of ahimsa.
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- A Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
- Ahimsa (Sanskrit: u0905u0939u093Fu0902u0938u093E; IAST: ahimsu0101, Pu0101li: avihiu1E43su0101) is a term meaning 'not to injure' and 'compassion'. The word is derived from the Sanskrit root hiu1E43s u2013 to strike; hiu1E43su0101 is injury or harm, a-hiu1E43su0101 is the opposite of this, i.e. cause no injury, do no harm. Ahimsa is also referred to as nonviolence, and it applies to all living beingsu2014including all animalsu2014according to many Indian religions.
- Ahimsa (1981) is an Indian film in malayalam language by I. V. Sasi starring Mammootty, Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Poornima Jayaram, Seema and Menaka.
- Ahimsa is a 1979 Bollywood action film directed by Chand. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Rekha.
- A doctrine of non-violence in Hinduism and Buddhism, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them
- Non-violence, non-injury - one of the yamas of ashtanga yoga
- ("nonharming"): the single most important moral discipline (yama)
- In Sanskrit, literally, "noninjury." It is the principle that a person should do no harm. In Jainism, this restriction includes all living creatures because they all contain a jiva .
- "Without Harm" The moral precept of not harming living beings, practiced in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
