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Ahinsa or Ahimsa

It's definitely not Ahinsa. I speak Kannada, and the word for pain is 'himse' (ಹಿಂಸ), and much of the vocabulary is derived from Samskrtam. So, you make the connection. Firebreeze 06:15, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It is not Ahinsa. It is Ahimsa. Why was the page edited to say Ahinsa? Also who added the word poop to the end of that one sentence? TheAnimus 11:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

It is Ahimsa, not Ahinsa nor Ahisma. Everything I have read says so and even the Satyagraha (written/compiled/whatever by Mahatma Gandhi) says so. --Fire Mage

Although Ahinsa is Hindu spelling, let us please keep to the more familiar Western spelling of Ahimsa so as not to confuse readers. Kreb Dragonrider 00:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I have never seen "Ahinsa" in my life. It should stay Ahimsa. --queso man 13:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


I think the quote from Larry Wall is a bit misplaced here. it is supposed to be "Ahinsa" not "Ahisma".

I don't have time to edit this right now, but just for the record, I don't think that "Ahimsa is the core of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism." While ahimsa is important to some parts of these traditions, Jainism is the only tradition that I think it could be reasonably argued (maybe) that has ahimsa at the core. As for Hinduism and Buddhism, while it is important in some parts of the tradition, I can't imagine it being considered to be at the "core" of these two traditions, given how widely they vary. Thanks. Elizabeth199

By the way, non-violence is certainly at the core of Buddhism. It makes such up such a large proportion of Buddhist philosophy. To say otherwise would be to not actually have read what Buddha wrote.


In Devanagari it is written as ahinsa (अहिंसा), despite the pronunciation and spelling in English being ahimsa.(http://www.shabdkosh.com/en2hi/ahimsa)

Philosophy, not religion

A rather large error has occured on this page. Ahimsa is said to be a religious concept. This is not true. While certain religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism may live by Ahimsa it is not limited to religious aspects. Ahimsa is a philosophy. It is a way of living your life, not a religious concept. And while the initial coining of the term and its meaning may have originially been thought of by Jainism that does not mean these religions have a sense of ownership to it. I think it is still important to include historical information pointing to these religions as being some of the first to think of or practice this philosophy so long as their is the distinction that it is not exclusively tied to these religions or religion in general. I personally think this topic is only a stub because there is so much more to Ahimsa than is on here. Perhaps we can all read up on it and discuss it in here to make this a much more accurate and full article. TheAnimus 21:26, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Also a more accurate definition for Ahimsa is dynamic harmlessness rather than non-violence because it encompasses the other aspects of Ahimsa aside from non-violence. TheAnimus 21:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


Ahisma is definitely a core doctrine of Hinduism as well as Buddhism. To say that this concept is more pre-dominant in Jainism is plain wrong. Nephthys32080

I think that's actually fairly incorrect in the case of Hinduism. While certain believers in Hinduism embrace the concept of Ahimsa, it is not nearly as defining to the religion as it is to Jainism and yes, probably Buddhism. Otherwise, Hinduism could not allow for the depiction of Arjun in the Gita as being noble. His dharma is that of a warrior, and thus a killer intentionally inflicting pain and suffering. Putting aside a debate on morality, I think Hindu scripture takes a more distanced view on the role of violence in life. Jainism is somewhat more hardlined on the matter. Samir

I can confirm the above. An important part (that basically makes up the whole thing) of the Bhagavad Gita is Krishna explaining to Arjun why his killing is not wrong - because they will be reincarnated. As a Jain, I can confirm the Jainism views it as the single most important concept, but Hinduism justifies violence in some cases (like a "righteous war"), just not in all or most. --queso man 02:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

What for?

I do not understand the exact reason for tagging this page with NPO-lacking. Would anyone enlighten me? Thanks. --Bhadani 15:54, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand it either but I have edited the article page to accomodate the concerns raised in the above discussion and I have removed the tag. Looking at the history of these pages it seems this tag has been on the page for some time and that the above comments are also not fresh. I would like to remind everyone to please sign their posts by adding four tildes (this - ~ - is a tilde) at the end of your post so it is easier to know how old the discussion is.
Morgan Leigh 04:49, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahimsa brought to the west by Gandhi?

There were 19th Century translations of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain scripture all of used the term ahimsa. Addhoc 22:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

AHIMSA should belong to its own entry

I propose the AHIMSA non-profit organization become its own separate wiki entry.

Yes, this doesn't belong in this section.