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- Hi i'm Nataputta Mahavira the founder of Jainism. Jainism was brought into the world in India about a similar period as Buddhism.
- Ahimsa in Jainism is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. Ahinsa was included as a fundamental principle by the 24th and last tirthankar of Jainism, Lord Mahavir and was not included by earlier tirthankars of Jainism.
- Aparigraha is a philosophy that holds that no one or anything possesses anything. ln Jainism, aparigraha is the virtue of non-possessiveness, non-grasping or non-greediness.Aparigraha is one of the virtues in Jainism. It is also one of the five vows that both householders and ascetics must observe. This Jain vow is the principle of limiting one's possessions and limiting one's desires.
- The three main pillars of Jainism are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (non-attachment).
- Anekantavada is the Jain doctrine about metaphysical truths that emerged in ancient India. It states that the ultimate truth and reality is complex and has multiple aspects .According to Jainism, no single, specific statement can describe the nature of existence and the absolute truth.
- In Jainism, death is not seen as a final moment where souls leave earth and enter an eternal world. Instead, death is linked to birth and the cycle of reincarnation. is merely the soul's way of continuing the rebirth cycle. The form the soul takes for its next cycle depends on accumulated karma.
- in Jain they beleieve the soul exists forever,each soul is always independent,the soul is responsible for what it does,the soul experiences the consequences of its actions,the soul can become liberated from the cycle of birth and death, not all souls can be liberated - some souls are inherently incapable of achieving this,the soul can evolve towards that liberation by following principles of behaviour
- Scholars of religion generally hold that Jainism originated in the 7th–5th century bce in the Ganges basin of eastern India, the scene of intense religious speculation and activity at that time. The religion has between four and five million followers, who reside mostly in India. Outside India, some of the largest communities are in Canada, Europe, and the United States, with Japan hosting a fast-growing community of converts.
- Jainism in the morden day impacted by...1. Non violence - since mahatma Gandhi's ahimsa to now. Non violence is and has become an important part of our society. Previously violence was called valour now it's called cowardice.2. Vegetarian : more and more people are converting to being vegans. The world is realising the ill effects of taking prana (life)3. Equality to all beings : all that exists has to be equal. And we are now promoting this4. Soul Consciousness : now people are looking towards and realising that there is a supreme soul and we are a part of that supreme soul
- The leader of the relgion Jainism is Bhadrabahu I, who died 298 bce, IndiaToday there are some six million Jains worldwide, and they represent less than 2% of India's population. The Jain community in India is centred in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Many migrated to East Africa and from there to Britain, where the community is around 30,000.
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