AHIMSA

TileHead’s Word of the Day for 3 February 2012

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AHIMSA  (n. pl. -S)

Definition(s):

1. (n.) the principle of nonviolence, especially the Buddhist, Hindu, or Jainist doctrine expressing belief in the sacredness of all living things

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Epilogue:
Deriving from a Sanskrit word roughly meaning “noninjury,” AHIMSA is part of the belief systems of several Eastern religions.  Mohandas Gandhi believed strongly in AHIMSA, and he melded it into a moral philosophy he called SATYAGRAHA (a combination of the Sanskrit satya “truth” and agraha “persistence”).  Gandhi’s powerful system of nonviolent political resistance was, in turn, influential in the work of later civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.

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