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ahimsa

/uh-him-sah, uh-hing-/US // əˈhɪm sɑ, əˈhɪŋ- //UK // (ɑːˈhɪmsɑː) //

慈悲心,慈悲为怀,慈禧太后,慈悲心肠

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Hinduism.

    • : the principle of noninjury to living beings.

Examples

  • Ahimsa requires deliberate self-suffering, not a deliberate injuring of the supposed wrong-doer.

  • In its positive form, Ahimsa means the largest love, the greatest charity.

  • Ahimsa truly understood is in my humble opinion a panacea for all evils mundane and extra-mundane.

  • But Mr. Gandhi, with all his visionary idealism, was letting loose dangerous forces which recked naught of Ahimsa.

  • He hated no one, for that would be a negation of the great principle of Ahimsa, on which he expatiated with immense earnestness.