Jainism

The distinction between jiva and ajiva is feeling, consciousness, soul, and spirit. These two things, are the things that are mixed together throughout the universe. Jiva and ajiva create what we know today. Their presence indicates to us the distinction between the things in the world. Jiva is feeling and consciousness; it encompasses soul and the spirit. Ajiva is everything else in the universe, it doesn't have feeling or consciousness. Jains have five incredibly important aspects that they follow

a- not or without hiṁsā- injury, which when translated means “the principle of non-injury to living beings”. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ahimsa. The supreme principle in Jainism is non violence (ahimsa). It also plays an important role in Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and other religions, but Jainism is unique in this principle because it demonstrates it to all living beings. Jains believe that everything has the ability to suffer, even non-living things such as rocks, fire, and

Religions withing the Indian Vision Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism are religions within the Indian vision. They all are similar, but the differences are easily visible. Sikhism, being the newest of the three, is unity of the other religions and includes many of the same beliefs and customs. Hinduism is the basis for both Jainism and Sikhism. Being the oldest religion of India it is considered building block for those that which have followed. Jainism is the middle of the three religions. It was a

in India, a small but powerful religion that grew up alongside Buddhism and Hinduism. Like the other religions of India, Jainism teaches that when the body dies, the soul (known to the Jain as a jiva) is reincarnated. Eventually, through living religious lives, the soul will reach “realization,” the end of the process of death and rebirth. In his piece “Fundamentals of Jainism,” Champat Rai Jain explains that, within the Jain tradition, “the path of salvation consists in Right Belief, Right Knowledge

a relative term mostly used to understand the importance of good. The view of good and evil in Jainism also is to a great extent similar to that in Hinduism. The concept of karma occupies a place of importance in Jainism also, however, slightly different. In a person’s life god gives rise to happiness and evil to pain and misery. ‘Punya’ is the consequence of good deeds and ‘Paap’ of evil. In Jainism as a man does, he is repaid with it. One who sows ‘Paap’ or evil, gets evil in return and one who

However there might be a difference in terms of Jainism. In Jainism they also believe in life after death and that life has no beginning or an end because it is a cycle, the wheel of birth and death. It is believed that people are born again to find happiness and freedom and karma is the only thing that hinders a person to achieve the happiness. However, the concept of karma in Jainism is different from the known notion from Hindu and western philosophy in the way

cultivation of trance states. This was just the beginning of the discovery of what higher consciousness could result in. The core of consciousness is to be aware of “ultimate reality”, which is where samsara comes into play. According to “Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism,” samsara is the “the world”, where reality is all the same and it is the unchanging spirit Brahman. The individual soul which is Atman is continuously wandering until it realizes that it is the universal spirit and it can be released

in southern Asia, near the Himalayan mountain range. A man by the name of Vasco da Gama first found this country while sailing the Indian Ocean. From there, the country flourished into a nation. India has four native religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism all originated in India, and have now become prominent religions all over the globe. These religions each have different kinds of music associated with the ceremonies and traditions connected to the culture. Hinduism for example has music

women. As a result, men who have such religious beliefs have not utilized the abilities and talents of women. Thus through my research paper, I will talk about women’s discrimination in seven main traditions of world religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I will compare these religions in terms of “1) male and female in cosmic order, and good and evil 2) purity and impurity 3) education, teaching, and religious leadership 4) asceticism and monasticism

Bindusara take over the throne. Chandragupta , in his last days, studied the Jain ritual of starving until death also known as santhara. The grandson of Ashoka, Samrat Samprati, also embraced Jainism. He built Jain temples and spread Jain throughout Asia. Bindusara was a hindu king and stayed away from Jainism and Buddhism as much as possible. Ashoka, despite being Buddhist, let Hindu priests and ministers stay in his court, and let others practice other religions. After the Kalinga War, Ashoka accepted