The word Ahimsa, derived from Sanskrit, means non-harm or non-injury and is often translated into English as non-violence. The dictionary defines it as “the ethical principle of not causing harm to ...
However, Brahman intellectuals and other champions or practitioners of the Vedic and Puranic religions had continued to redefine and imagine themselves in relation to the Buddhist past.
Some followers of Buddhism consider it to be a religion, while others think of it as a philosophy, practice, or way of life. The reason for the discrepancy is that there are many schools of ...