Gandhi’s satyagraha influenced both Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
Gandhi extended the Jain principles of non-violence and truthfulness into the political sphere as satyagraha.Gandhi during the 1930 Salt March. runs through all Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and, especially, Jainism. decorates many a Jain temple. The most recognized Jain symbol is a raised hand with, on it, a, the word ‘ahimsa.’ Even eating honey is seen as violence to the bees that made it.
There is a Jain story of a fire in the forest. To escape the fire, all the animals crowd around a lake. A restless elephant raises a leg, only for a rabbit to dart into the space beneath. So as not to harm the rabbit, the elephant holds up its leg for three whole days. Although it dies from the strain, it is reborn as a human being.
Many Jains abstain from farming since agricultural operations are bound to injure small animals, including worms. However, violence in self-defence and war can be justified, for example, to protect Jain nuns, and there have been Jain monarchs and even Jain warriors. Non-violence has worked well for Jains, who are often stereotyped as wealthy merchants and bankers: perhaps ironically, Jains have come to form the wealthiest community in India.
Buddhism and Jainism arose, in part, from a rejection of the Vedic blood sacrifice, and served in turn to accelerate the shift towards vegetarianism in Indian society. The ritual did not die but was transformed, with, in which the sacrifice is symbolic, with fruits, flowers, and incense offered in lieu of animals. But whereaswas merely a means of propitiating the gods, who had taken control over human affairs, or, at least, set themselves up as middlemen.
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