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According to the five principles of Jainism, the term ‘Ahimsa’ means?
A
Not to speak lies
B
Not to injure any living being
C
Not to steal
D
Not to own property
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ahimsā (Ahimsā, alternatively spelled ‘ahinsā’, Sanskrit: IAST: ahinsā, Pāli: avihinsā) in Jainism is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. The term ahinsa means nonviolence, non-injury and absence of desire to harm any life forms.

Detailed explanation-2: -ahimsa, (Sanskrit: “noninjury”) in the Indian religions of Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism, the ethical principle of not causing harm to other living things. In Jainism, ahimsa is the standard by which all actions are judged.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Kaneda, the term Ahimsa is an important spiritual doctrine shared by Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It literally means ‘non-injury’ and ‘non-killing’. It implies the total avoidance of harming of any kind of living creatures not only by deeds, but also by words and in thoughts.

Detailed explanation-4: -For Gandhi, ahimsa means: non-injury, nonviolence, non-harm, the renunciation of the will to kill and the intention to hurt any living thing, the abstention from hostile thought, word or deed, and compassion for all living creatures.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ahimsa (non-violence) Satya (truthfulness) Asteya (not stealing) Aparigraha (non-acquisition) Brahmacarya (chaste living) 10-Sept-2009

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