A Brief History of Ahimsa with Special reference to Gandhi

J. Saha¹ , A. Bhuimali²

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.3 , Issue.3 , pp.1-6, Mar-2017

Online published on Apr 03, 2017

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Abstract :
Ahimsa is the key concept or heart of the Gandhian philosophy as well as movement. Gandhism as a way of life advocates that Truth is God and non-violence is only means of attaining it. For Gandhi realization of “Truth” is the final goal of the human face. There is no question of doubt that Gandhi’s idea of non-violence (ahimsa), chastity, non-possession, and equality of all religions constitute the very structure of Satyagraha is the perfect weapon to conquer political freedom as to attain higher destiny. The present paper is an attempt to show that Gandhiji has a firm belief in the evolution of rational being from the lower grades of animal being to upper levels of humanity via noble virtues like love (ahimsa) is necessary for welfare state. For Gandhi, ahimsa is the law of life and higher than destruction. The law of ahimsa makes life worth-living or meaningful. Ahimsa not only develop man’s moral dignity and personality, but it also makes possible an ideal state or society. Thus, for the construction of well-developed as well as well-ordered human society ahimsa is crucial. Ahimsa, therefore, plays an important role to build up peaceful society. Ahimsa means the largest love or greatest love as the term ahimsa indicates harmlessness or non-violence.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Ahimsa, Love, Satyagraha, Truth

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