- Practicing ahimsa leads to:
- Respect for all life forms (democracy of existence),
- Respect for others’ views (democracy of views and beliefs),
- Non-attachment (absence of hatred and attached love),
- Limits on possessions (democracy of possessions),
- Inter-dependence on and hence respect for all (bound together as we are, no one survives independently), and
- Reduction in inflow of karma or deeds.