High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ahi?sa in Jainism is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. The term "ahimsa" (Sanskrit: ??????, Ahi?sa) means "non-violence”, "non-injury” or absence of desire to harm any life forms. Vegetarianism and other non-violent practices and rituals of Jains flow from the principle of Ahi?sa. According to Adian Rankin, the concept of Ahi?sa is so much intertwined with Jainism that it conjures up images of ascetics who cover their mouths and sweep the ground before them with small brushes to avoid injuring the most minuscule forms of life and Jain-owned animal sanctuaries where even the sickest, most deformed birds and beasts are protected and cherished. These overt manifestations of an ancient faith challenge the comfortable - and near-universal - assumption of human precedence over other creatures. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и...

В наличии:
	Books.Ru - 1128 руб.	Перейти
Под заказ:
	OZON.ru - 1125 руб.	Перейти

Рейтинг книги: 5 из 5, 10 голос(-ов).