HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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What is Ahimsa?
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The Jain belief in nonviolence
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The Hindu belief in reincarnation
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The Buddhist belief in Nirvana
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The Christian belief in Heaven
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -To avoid bad karma, Jains must practice ahimsa, a strict code of nonviolence. Jains believe plants, animals, and even some nonliving things (like air and water) have souls, just as humans do. The principle of nonviolence includes doing no harm to humans, plants, animals, and nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ahimsa means non-injury. Jains consider nonviolence to be the most essential duty for everyone (ahinsā paramo dharmaḥ). It is an indispensable condition for liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, the ultimate goal of Jainism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three guiding principles of Jainism, the ‘three jewels’, are right belief, right knowledge and right conduct.
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