:: Section III—Ahimsa ::
1. The different ways in which it is interpreted and followed.
1. Ahimsa or non-killing forms a very important part of the Buddha's teachings.
2. It is intimately connected with Karuna and Maitri.
3. The question has, however, been raised whether His Ahimsa was absolute in its obligation or only relative. Was it only a principle ? Or was it a rule?
4. People who accept the Buddha's teachings find it difficult to accept Ahimsa as an absolute obligation. They say that such a definition of Ahimsa involves the sacrifice of good for evil, the sacrifice of virtue for vice. 5. This question requires to be clarified. There is no subject which is a matter of greater confusion than this subject of Ahimsa.
6. How have the people of Buddhist countries understood and actised Ahimsa ?
7. This is an important question which must be taken into account.
8. The monks of Ceylon fought against and asked the people of Ceylon to fight against the foreign invaders. 9. On the other hand the monks of Burma refused to fight against the foreign invaders and asked the Burmese people not to fight.
10. The Burmese people eat eggs but not fish.
11. This is how Ahimsa is understood and followed.
12. Recently the German Buddhist Association passed a resolution by which they accepted all the Panch Silas except the first which deals with Ahimsa.
13. This is the position about the Doctrine of Ahimsa.
1. The different ways in which it is interpreted and followed.
1. Ahimsa or non-killing forms a very important part of the Buddha's teachings.
2. It is intimately connected with Karuna and Maitri.
3. The question has, however, been raised whether His Ahimsa was absolute in its obligation or only relative. Was it only a principle ? Or was it a rule?
4. People who accept the Buddha's teachings find it difficult to accept Ahimsa as an absolute obligation. They say that such a definition of Ahimsa involves the sacrifice of good for evil, the sacrifice of virtue for vice. 5. This question requires to be clarified. There is no subject which is a matter of greater confusion than this subject of Ahimsa.
6. How have the people of Buddhist countries understood and actised Ahimsa ?
7. This is an important question which must be taken into account.
8. The monks of Ceylon fought against and asked the people of Ceylon to fight against the foreign invaders. 9. On the other hand the monks of Burma refused to fight against the foreign invaders and asked the Burmese people not to fight.
10. The Burmese people eat eggs but not fish.
11. This is how Ahimsa is understood and followed.
12. Recently the German Buddhist Association passed a resolution by which they accepted all the Panch Silas except the first which deals with Ahimsa.
13. This is the position about the Doctrine of Ahimsa.
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