Ahimsa: The Path Out Of The Jungle

“How is it, then, that we claim to be the highest type of creature, yet act in a barbaric manner that would shame any reasonably decent denizen of the jungle?”

While it remains ever more relevant today, H. Jay Dinshah addressed this conundrum in his book Out of the Jungle in 1967; one of the first books of its kind in America.

This revolutionary book shows how the integration of Ahimsa (nonviolence) into every aspect of our lives will inevitably lead our race out of the darkened jungle in which we have come to reside and towards a bright new light.

Ahimsa is a sanskrit word which can be described rather fully in this acrostic from Dinshah’s book:

Ahimsa
The compassionate way
Abstinance from animal products
Harmlessness with reverence for live
Integrity of thought, word and deed
Mastery over oneself
Service to Humanity, Nature, and creation,
Advancement of understanding and the truth

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Eternal G.

4:44PM PDT on Mar 31, 2012

I want to stay in the jungle!

March 31
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Carmen S.

6:20PM PDT on Mar 21, 2012

thank you for sharing this

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Kiana S.

1:13PM PDT on Mar 19, 2012

Thanks for the reading suggestion :)

March 19
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Mary B.

8:31AM PDT on Mar 13, 2012

I don't think we will ever be a world of vegans, but something we can all aspire to is non-cruelty.Our food animals need not be treated like beings to harvest, giveing no thought to their biological needs during their life times. We do not need to suject lab animals to painful test, especially for un-needed things like make-up. We also need not have conflict over every differing viewpoint. We are different and we can waste a lot of time trying to change others opinions, or just live our own lives, since it's the only one that is really ours to live.

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heather g.

1:10AM PDT on Mar 13, 2012

Thanks for the beautiful explanation of Ahimsa.
I have compassion for those who don't understand or who do not want to learn about true happiness or how to attain it.

Kenneth D.

2:56PM PDT on Mar 12, 2012

interesting

March 12
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Marianna B M.

6:48AM PDT on Mar 11, 2012

noted

March 11
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Sonya Armenia R.

1:01PM PST on Mar 10, 2012

Thanks

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Ruth P.

3:23AM PST on Mar 10, 2012

Jonathan N., it's not just violence - after all, one human alone can't do very much damage. It's cooperation too. Empathy is as much an instinct as anything else. Our species would not have got anywhere without it.

No-one is suggesting that people reading this should go and never do anything violent ever again, just that they should consider making it their motto. We're not as rational as we'd like to imagine, no, but we do have a little control over our thoughts and actions :)

Cynthia B.

9:05PM PST on Mar 9, 2012

noted ty