A discussion of non-violence from the perspective of Jaino philosophy and Gandhiji/ জৈন দর্শন ও গান্ধীজীর নিরিখে অহিংসার একটি আলোচনা

Abstract

In this paper, I have discussed how the idea of ​​non-violence stands as a parallel in some aspects of Gandhi and Jainism. They are not only parallel but also so complementary to each other that one is incomplete without the other. The ideas that Gandhi and Jainism have about non-violence are almost the same. The general meaning of non-violence is non-violence; in the broad sense, non-violence is non-harming any living being through body, mind, action, and speech, and literally, the word ahimsa means not harming oneself or others. The importance of non-violence in Jain religion and philosophy is immense, and in modern times, most of the movements that Mahatma Gandhi led to free India from the British Empire were non-violent. Therefore, it is seen that the importance of the concept of non-violence in the philosophy of Jainism and Gandhi is immense. My current attempt in this paper is to make a comparative discussion on the nature of non-violence in the Jain and Gandhian philosophies and try to show whether there are any discrepancies between these two philosophies or whether both philosophies agree on this issue.