Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
‘The principle of ahimsa is Hinduism’s greatest gift to the world.’ Many people, especially Hindus agree with the statement that the key principle of ahimsa in
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Tue Feb 14 2006
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
(b) Evaluation - 'The principle of ahimsa is Hinduism's greatest gift to the world.' Many people, especially Hindus agree with the statement that the key principle of ahimsa in Hinduism is the greatest gift that the religion has to offer to the rest of the world. Ahimsa translates as 'non-violence' or 'non-injury' and is quite an ancient theory as it is described in the Vedas. These four holy books contain a teaching reading "Do not kill any living being". Hindu teaching illustrates that all living things contain Brahman and they all also have an atman. So if a violent action is done by a Hindu on a living creature then he is also harming the atman containing Brahman leading to him gaining bad karma. Ahimsa also plays a key role in Hindu ethics whereby decisions about fighting wars, abortion, contraception and euthanasia are accounted for by the teaching and many Hindus...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 150,129 others
