International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Dr. Witharandeniye Chandasiri Ther

Abstract
In modern world, Many organization on human rights talk about the human rights both in all developed and developing countries. It is so important to protect the right they have to live in the world until they pass away automatically. What I want to say an important fact here is that most of the human right organization talk about the right of human beings. But Buddha advise us to protect not only human rights but also all rights of beings. It is clear that not like modern human rights, Buddha has covered all rights of all beings in the world by presenting some teachings like five precepts, eight precepts, ten precepts etc. When we observe the five precept, we all abstain from killing all creatures both large and small. Sometimes, Modern human right organization and other organizations emphasize that beings mean the animal that can be seen with our eyes. According to the Buddha’s teaching, beings mean not only which can be seen with our eyes because there are many beings like long beings, short beings, movement beings, steady beings in the world. Sometimes they can be seen. Sometimes they cannot be seen. Buddha has emphasize it in the metta sutta in suttanipAtha as given following and advised us to protect their rights too. Buddha emphasizes that even embryo is also a life. Therefore destruction of that one is also a murder.