9. How has the religious history of India influenced India’s tradition of non-violence?

   India's religious history has greatly influenced India's traditions of nonviolence, specifically movements and ideas such as Satyagraha. Mohandas Gandhi was a spiritual and political leader of India and he helped to lead the Indian independence movement. He was also the founder of the Satyagraha. The Satyagraha was a philosophy and the practice of nonviolence. Growing up, Mohandas was greatly influenced by Jainism. Jainism, which was one of the oldest religions that originated in India, believed also in karma. Jainism enforced peace and nonviolence to bring good karma. This religion influenced Mohandas, who began Satyagraha. Satyagraha also enforced peace and nonviolence as the method for overcoming conflicts. The religion thus influenced its followers, who then created their own philosophies that also enforce non violence and the pattern continues. Through this, the tradition of peace and non violence. Even from the beginning, with Buddha and Buddhism taught to live live harmoniously through meditation and achieving enlightenment. Buddha believed and taught with the concept of karma, just as Jainism had. By performing selfless deed's good fortune in the future would head your way. Though this does not specifically mention the pursuit of peace and non violence, in sending out good karma, a person would not want to take part in violence. Though i believe this later did develop into specifically non violence religions such as Jainism and non violent philosophies such as Satyagraha.