Three Faiths in Land of Aryan Thoughts

Author(s): Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Shuganchand Jain

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Evidently, these are prized environment, was promoted in virtues. But ahimsa here stands historic India by the Jains and the isolated and unexplained. Nor is Buddhists, and was adopted by an explanation of ahimsa Brahminical Hinduism after it deducible from other parts of began to win its way in North Vedic literature. The ethical India where Brahminical concept that it
Hinduism was embodies was Once the doctrine of
developed”. entirely foreign to transmigration of It is interesting the thinking of souls came to include to note in this early Vedic Aryans
context that there is rebirth in animal as who recognised no
a vital connection kinship between well as human form,
between the human and animal depending upon concept of Ahimsa relations. But they one's karma, it
and rebirth. A ate meat and
created a
belief in the offered animals in
doctrine of rebirth
humanitarian the sacrifice to
led to the idea of gods.” sentiment of kinship
unity of all life and Prof. Brown among all life forms consequently, to the concludes, “the developing this ethical concept of double doctrine of ethical principal is
non-violence in ahimsa and
ancient India. therefore a great vegetarianism has
Once the never had full and pioneering step in doctrine of un challenged human history. transmigration of acceptance and
souls came to practice among Hindus and include rebirth in animal as well should not be considered to have as human form, depending upon arisen in Brahminical order. It one's karma, it created a seems more probable that it humanitarian sentiment of originated in a non-Brahminical kinship among all life forms.
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