About this episode
This episode explores the principle of Ahimsa in Buddhism and Hinduism, focusing on kindness, altruism, and vegetarianism.
Ahimsa, not-harming, is a fundamental principle of both Hinduism and Buddhism, and is embodied in the first of our Ten Cardinal Precepts, "Not to kill but to cherish all life". In this teisho we look at different aspects of ahimsa: kindness, altruism and not eating meat. Text: To Cherish All Life: a Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.
Topics covered
- Ahimsa
- not-harming
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- kindness
- altruism
- vegetarianism
Keywords
- Ahimsa
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- kindness
- altruism
- vegetarianism
- not harming
- Ten Cardinal Precepts
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: To Cherish All Life: a Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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