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Write an essay about Ahimsa, the independent path for india

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Ahimsa (a + himsa) means without violence. Himsa means inflicting pain and injury upon others. Ahimsa, therefore literally means not inflicting pain or injury upon others. It is usually understood and interpreted as nonviolence. However, nonviolence is just one aspect of ahimsa or non injury.

In Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism, ahimsa or non injury has a much wider spiritual connotation and forms an integral aspect of their principles, philosophies and practices.

For over three thousand years, nonviolence was considered the highest virtue or the virtue of virtues in the ascetic traditions of ancient India. Even in the practice of classical yoga, Ahimsa or nonviolence comes before all yamas because it is believed that the practice of all virtues eventually lead to the state of nonviolence only. The idea was so ingrained in the minds of the people who practiced spirituality that they accepted their suffering the oppression of others as part of their spiritual discipline.

The principle of non-violence practiced in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism is very complex in nature and not confined to mere physical aspect of it.

A truly non-violent person avoids all forms of disturbance.

He does not cause any ripples in the world he lives by his willful actions, nor he suffers from any mental modifications within himself because of the pairs of opposites or the actions of others.

He lives and acts as if he does not exist.

He bears pain and suffering with equanimity, shows extreme compassion in his dealings with others.

He offers no resistance whatsoever to the suffering inflicted upon him by nature, circumstances or others.

He embraces life without conditions and makes no effort to gain things for himself.

Thus, in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions nonviolence is the epitome of detachment and renunciation and practiced in various ways and forms such as the following.

Due credit should go to Mahatma Gandhi for making nonviolence a political creed and an important strategy in India's struggle for independence from the British rule. Gandhi's nonviolence was the nonviolence of the brave and courageous, implemented not out of weakness or fear but out of courage and moral superiority. He encouraged people to respond to the violent measures of the British rulers with nonviolence, however difficult it might be, because he believed that the British sense of justice would ultimately prevail and they would yield to the perseverant but nonviolent demands of millions of Indians for freedom. Gandhi's nonviolence was part of his satyagraha or fight for truth and he wanted to extend the concept to other areas in life and society. John G. Arapura in his book the Spirituality of Ahimsa' (nonviolence): traditional and Gandhian, writes about Gandhian approach to nonviolence in the following words

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