Ahimsa is a Sanskrit term meaning “to do no harm” or to avoid
all forms of violence. The precept of non-violence is a basic
tenet of all the world’s religions. Kind viewers, welcome to
Planet Earth: Our Loving Home. Our program today will explore
the concept of ahimsa in relation to agriculture and look at
alternative methods of fruit and vegetable cultivation that
cause no harm to living beings. In a videoconference with
Supreme Master Television staff, Supreme Master Ching Hai
explained more about ahimsa agriculture or alternative farming
methods that do not employ soil to grow certain crops, thereby
avoiding harm to other sentient beings such as the beneficial
worms. Supreme Master Ching Hai: There are many organic farming
methods that at least you don’t hurt the worms. You can plant
them in the water or you can plant them on elevated soil beds
and you don’t hurt the worm. And in Vietnam (Âu Lạc), they
cultivate, for example, peanuts in sandy soil. There’s no soil
and no worms at all ever live there. Plant