Ahimsa
He who sees that the Lord of all is ever the same in all that is -- immortal in the
field of mortality -- he sees the truth. And when a man sees that the God in himself
is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others. Then he goes,
indeed, to the highest path.
Bhagavad Geeta 13.27-28
Ahimsa is the highest Dharam
Ahimsa is the best Tapas
Ahimsa is the greatest gift
Ahimsa is the highest self-control
Ahimsa is the highest sacrifice
Ahimsa is the highest power
Ahimsa is the highest friend
Ahimsa is the highest truth
Ahimsa is the highest teaching
Mahabharat 18.116.37-41
As the footprints of all moving, living beings are engulfed in those of the elephant,
even thus all religions are to be understood by ahimsa which is non-violence to any
living being by thought, words or actions.
Mahabharat
Anusasana-parva, 114.6, 115.6
"Literally speaking, ahimsa means non-violence. But to me it has much higher,
infinitely higher meaning. It means that you may not offend anybody; you may not
harbor uncharitable thought, even in connection with those who you consider your
enemies. To one who follows this doctrine, there are no enemies. A man who
believes in the efficacy of this doctrine finds in the ultimate stage, when he is about
to reach the goal, the whole world at his feet. If you express your love - Ahimsa - in
such a manner that it impresses itself indelibly upon your so called enemy, he must
return that love.
This doctrine tells us that we may guard the honor of those under our charge by
delivering our own lives into the hands of the man who would commit the sacrilege.
And that requires far greater courage than delivering of blows."
Mahatma Gandhi
field of mortality -- he sees the truth. And when a man sees that the God in himself
is the same God in all that is, he hurts not himself by hurting others. Then he goes,
indeed, to the highest path.
Bhagavad Geeta 13.27-28
Ahimsa is the highest Dharam
Ahimsa is the best Tapas
Ahimsa is the greatest gift
Ahimsa is the highest self-control
Ahimsa is the highest sacrifice
Ahimsa is the highest power
Ahimsa is the highest friend
Ahimsa is the highest truth
Ahimsa is the highest teaching
Mahabharat 18.116.37-41
As the footprints of all moving, living beings are engulfed in those of the elephant,
even thus all religions are to be understood by ahimsa which is non-violence to any
living being by thought, words or actions.
Mahabharat
Anusasana-parva, 114.6, 115.6
"Literally speaking, ahimsa means non-violence. But to me it has much higher,
infinitely higher meaning. It means that you may not offend anybody; you may not
harbor uncharitable thought, even in connection with those who you consider your
enemies. To one who follows this doctrine, there are no enemies. A man who
believes in the efficacy of this doctrine finds in the ultimate stage, when he is about
to reach the goal, the whole world at his feet. If you express your love - Ahimsa - in
such a manner that it impresses itself indelibly upon your so called enemy, he must
return that love.
This doctrine tells us that we may guard the honor of those under our charge by
delivering our own lives into the hands of the man who would commit the sacrilege.
And that requires far greater courage than delivering of blows."
Mahatma Gandhi
