What does /his/ thing about the principle of Ahimsa?

Everyone should abide by it

>>2705890
we don't

>>2705890
Explain Ahimsa to my friend who has never heard of it, totally isn't me, and thinks it looks Indian in some way.

>>2706065
Non-violence.

Works only if everyone abides by it. Otherwise you get fucked. Good for certain spiritual practices anyway

>>2705890
I prefer ASMR t b h

>>2706245
same goes for christiany

>10 years old
>get stomped
>turn the other cheek!
>get stomped again and laughed at
>declared cuckboi and ignored when speaking
>decide to keep faith in the lord
>completely mentally broken
>takes years to recover, and never fully do so

thanks, religious upbringing

>>2706245
You do know that punishing evildoers is permitted under the principle of Ahimsa right? It doesn't have to be pure pacifism.

>>2706065
A-himsa

Himsa = injury/harm/striking
A = not

Not injuring/harming

Basically non-violence as the word itself. However the word carries principle in different traditions. Mainly non-violence/non-injury to people/beings/life. In Hindu text theres exceptions like war, self-defense, and judicial law. In Jainism, there's no exceptions. In buddhism, I don't think there's any exceptions either. I think there's one stray(in context with other mahayana texts) mahayana text that may promote an exception, but thats still a very highly controversial one.

>>2705890
Good shit.

In an idealistic society, where everyone followed the principle, then it would be perfect.

But real life society isn't idealistic. There is violence and it's just not rational to let people who choose to be violent run amock and cause as much chaos as they want to. You need violence to balance violence.

>>2708002
You don't need violence to balance violence. You need justice to balance violence. Ahimsa works in principle and needs hand of justice to defend it.