WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Jainism, one of the oldest religions in the world, advocate right speech, right thought and right action to achieve salvation. The basic tenets of Jainism are non-violence (ahimsa); non-attachment (aparigraha); speaking the truth (satya); not stealing (asteya); and sexual restraint (brahmacharya).

Detailed explanation-2: -In Jain monastic practice, the monks and nuns take ascetic vows, after renouncing all relations and possessions. The vows include a complete commitment to nonviolence (Ahimsa). They travel from city to city, often crossing forests and deserts, and always barefoot.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jains believe that the only way to save one’s own soul is to protect every other soul, and so the most central Jain teaching, and the heart of Jain ethics, is that of ahimsa (non-violence). In practical terms the biggest part that ahimsa plays in the lives of lay Jains today is in the regulation of their diet.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.