Outlook of Non-Violence in Buddhism: An Informative Study

Abstract

India is a land of multi-religions, multi-systems and multi-beliefs. Moreover, it is the land of enlightened beings right from the fourth century B.C. and has given birth to countless sages and personalities like Gautama the Buddha, Guru Nanak, Shankaracharya, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Ramkrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Babasaheb Ambedkar and so on from time to time. Thus, it seems a sort of spiritual power has pervaded since the time immemorial. Particularly, practice of non-violence, tolerance, compassion and love is deeply rooted in the religions developed in the country. It causes even an illiterate person gains a spiritual personality by coming into the contact of inexpressible spiritual truths. A long lineage of sages and saints as well as siddhas and great souls are involved in its history. The property of spirituality of this religious land is the most precious gift of its citizen. In all these precious gifts, Tathāgata Buddha, the Founder of Buddhism, retains a significant role.