Ahimsa: Based On Buddhism And Gandhism

Description

The two most dominating personalities of India, Buddha andGandhi,have dwelt on the notion Ahimhsa as the most importantaspect ofmoral life. There is a definite commonality of ideas andsources ofthe thought of Buddha and Gandhi. Several important partsof theirthinking appear to derive from similar or shared concerns.Both ofthem adumbrated extensive systems of ethics within whichallaspects of their thinking were organized. Ahimsa is the keynoteofthe ethics of Buddhism. Non-injury in thought word and deed,love,goodwill, patience, endurance, forgiveness, compassion,andself-purification are the virtues to be cultivated.Buddhistmorality is the mean between self-indulgenceandself-mortification-the middle way. Rama, Krsna. Moses,Zoroaster,Buddha, Confucius, Mahavira, Jesus, Nanaka, Vivek,Snanda, andother prophets and teachers taught mankind the sanctityandsupremacy of spiritual and moral values. Gandhi wasintellectualcontinuum and growth of the moral effervescencerepresented bythese teachers.