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ahimsa
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a·him·sa
/ əˈhimˌsä/
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(in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain tradition) the principle of nonviolence toward all living things.
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Nonviolent Living: How I came to understand true ahimsa
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today; 12/31/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Living: How I came to understand true ahimsa BY JANKI KHATAU WHEN ASKED TO GIVE A speech on the topic of "Strength and Ahimsa" at a Hindu Student Council youth...vegetarianism is simply an application of ahimsa, which, by the way, is a good thing...
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+(New+Delhi%2c+India) "United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India)")
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Shree Jain Maha Sangh to organise Ahimsa Meet on April 7.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/3/2009; 633 words
; ...The Shree Jain Maha Sangh has decided to organise a Ahimsa Meet as part of Ahimsa Day celebrations on the occasion of Lord Mahaveer...April seven. A Sangh release here today said the Ahimsa Meet would be participated among others by Justice...
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Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism. Edited by TARA...tied to environmentalism as a package are ahimsa and anekanta or anekantavada. In the glossary...non-absolutism." The twelve essays in Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism explore a wide range...
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Ahimsa Returns to Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts Center for Encore Engagement and Public Broadcasting System Program Production.
PR Newswire; 7/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...critically-acclaimed production, Ahimsa -- The Path Of Peace, at Dearborn...Public Broadcasting program based on Ahimsa scheduled to premiere on Detroit's PBS station, WTVS Channel 56 in 2007. Ahimsa is an original thematic dance presentation...
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DEEP DISH: THE REAL RESTAURANT REPORT; GO VEGAN; New Haven's Ahimsa gives New Haven another culinary option
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 9/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; Ahimsa was a revelation to me. I'd known a bit...until I did a little research, is that Ahimsa is beyond vegetarian: it is vegan (i...worried that I wouldn't be a good judge of Ahimsa's food. Its menu includes all sorts of...
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Taking Care of Business - Nonviolently: Ahimsa is not just a prohibition against physical and emotional assault
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today; 8/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...2001 Taking Care of Business -- Nonviolently: Ahimsa is not just a prohibition against physical and...SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI I WAS ONCE ASKED FOR MY INSIGHTS ON APPLYING ahimsa in the business world. Ahimsa in business is taught in a reverse way on American...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Ahimsa Theory learns rules of the road.(Entertainment)(Young band members find that touring often isn't a smooth ride)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...members of the Eugene- and Salem-based Ahimsa Theory, it's been easy. Lifelong friends...that time their booking agent scheduled Ahimsa Theory into the French Valley Theater...today's show at the WOW Hall, where Ahimsa Theory will play its first headlining...
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AHIMSA DAY APPEAL
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/1/2007; 385 words
; ...Mahapragyaji, on the eve of International Ahimsa Day tomorrow, said that the urgency of Ahimsa today is the requirement of the present ers...October 2) of Mahatma Gandhi as 'International Ahimsa Day' is indeed an indication towards this...
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Homegrown band ready to take off.(Entertainment)(Ahimsa Theory hopes its new CD and summer tour lead to big things)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...Indian word for nonviolence. The boys of Ahimsa Theory aren't from India. This alternative...support from Brandon Richardson on guitar - Ahimsa Theory has a new self-titled CD out...Reignition Vol. 3. The band recorded "Ahimsa Theory" last year with Thaddeus Moore...
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"INTELLECTUAL AHIMSA" REVISITED: JAIN TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE OF OTHERS.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...extension of the Jain ethical imperative of ahimsa or non-harm into the field of philosophy...by several scholars as "intellectual ahimsa." In brief, this argument goes as follows...rooted in the Jain ethical imperative of ahimsa. Just as all living beings are to be...
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ahimsa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ahimsa [Sanskrit,=noninjury], ethical principle...common to Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. Ahimsa became influential in India after 600 BC...In modern times, the implications of ahimsa were developed in the nonviolence movement...
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Jain
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...principle means to this end is the practice of ahimsa , the lack of desire to cause harm to...step. For some Jains, their devotion to ahimsa leads them to be ordained as monks and...seeking to adhere to the principle of ahimsa in as many ways as possible. The laity...
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Vegetarianism
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...has been killed. Yogis also believe that spiritual health is influenced by the practice of ahimsa , or not harming living beings. The principle of ahimsa (non-violence) appears in the Upanishads (Vedic literature) from c. 600-300 b.c...
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SANSKRIT
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...loans relate to religion, philosophy, and culture, such as ahimsa , chakra , guru , karma , kundalini , mahatma , pundit , swami...the persons so described, whereas such terms as Gandhi's ahimsa and satyagraha have positive implications. See BORROWING...
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Sinhalese
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...religion's basic concepts of dharma, samsara, karma, and ahimsa. Dharma refers to the Law (the teachings of Buddha); samsara...effects of good or bad deeds on a person's rebirths; and ahimsa is the doctrine of nonviolence toward living things. Buddhists...
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