Editing Human sacrifice (section)

===Indian religions===
{{Main|Ahimsa}}
Many [[Indian religions]], including [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]] and some sects{{Which|date=March 2025}} of [[Hinduism]], embrace the teaching of ''[[ahimsa]]'' (non-violence) which imposes [[vegetarianism]] and outlaws animal as well as human sacrifice.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
====Buddhism====
In the case of Buddhism, both ''bhikkhus'' (monks) and ''bhikkhunis'' (nuns) were forbidden to take life in any form as part of the [[Vinaya|monastic code]], while non-violence was promoted among laity through encouragement of the [[Five Precepts]]. Across the Buddhist world both meat and alcohol are strongly discouraged as offerings to a Buddhist altar, with the former being synonymous with sacrifice, and the latter a violation of the Five Precepts.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

In their effort to discredit [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[People's Republic of China]] as well as [[Kuomintang|Chinese nationalist]]s in the [[Republic of China]] make frequent and emphatic references to the historical practice of [[human sacrifice in Tibet]], portraying the [[People's Liberation Army invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|1950 People's Liberation Army invasion of Tibet]] as an act of humanitarian intervention.
According to Chinese sources, in the year 1948, 21&nbsp;individuals were murdered by state sacrificial priests from [[Lhasa]] as part of a ritual of enemy destruction, because their organs were required as magical ingredients.<ref>{{cite book |title = The Making of Modern Tibet |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CNHKBgAAQBAJ |publisher = Routledge |year= 2015 |isbn = 978-1-317-45583-7 |first = A. Tom |last = Grunfeld |page = 29}}</ref>
The ''Tibetan Revolutions Museum'' established by the Chinese in Lhasa has numerous morbid ritual objects on display to illustrate these claims.<ref>{{cite book|last=Epstein |first=Israel |title=Tibet Transformed |publisher=New World Press |location=Beijing |date=1983 |page=138}}</ref>

====Hinduism====
In many sects of [[Hinduism]], based on the principle of ''ahimsa'', any human or animal sacrifice is forbidden.<ref>{{cite book |last=Walli |first=Koshelya |title=The Conception of Ahimsa in Indian Thought |publisher=Varanasi |year=1974 |pages=113–145}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ahiṃsā: Non-violence in Indian tradition |author=Tähtinen |pages=2–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Death and Dying |page=12 |first1=Glennys |last1=Howarth |first2=Oliver |last2=Leaman}}</ref> In the 19th and 20th&nbsp;centuries, prominent figures of Indian spirituality such as [[Swami Vivekananda]],<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Swami Vivekananda]] |title=Religious Vegetarianism |editor1=Walters, K.S. |editor1-link=Kerry S. Walters |editor2=Portmess, Lisa |location=Albany |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=2001 |pages=50–52}}</ref>{{npsn|date=July 2024}} [[Ramana Maharshi]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beasyouare.info/beasyouare.html |first=Ramana |last=Maharishi |author-link=Ramana Maharshi |title=Be as you are |publisher=Beasyouare.info |access-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419081500/http://www.beasyouare.info/beasyouare.html |archive-date=19 April 2010 }}</ref>{{npsn|date=July 2024}} [[Swami Sivananda]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Swami Sivananda |date=11 December 2005 |title=Bliss Divine |pages=3–8 |publisher=Dlshq.org |url=http://www.dlshq.org/teachings/ahimsa.htm |access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref>{{npsn|date=July 2024}} and [[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami]].<ref>{{cite book |first=A.C. |last=Bhaktivedanta |author-link=A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami |title=Religious Vegetarianism |pages=56–60}}</ref>{{npsn|date=July 2024}} have emphasized the importance of ahimsa.