Jainism Essays

JAINISM Jainism was formed in 550 BC. Jainism traditionally known as Jain Dharma is an ancient Indian religion. The preachers of Jainism were known as Jain derived from Sanskrit word Jina. They follow the preachings of Lord Mahavira. Lord Mahavira was the twenty-fourth Tirathankar of Jainism, the texts containing the teachings of Lord Mahavira are known as Agamas. Digambar and Shvetamabr are the two sects of Jainism. The guiding principles or three jewels of Jainism are Right perception (Samyak Darshana)...

This essay will look at the concept of ahiṃsā within early Jainism and Brahmanism. It will reflect on the etymology, history and references to ahiṃsā within ancient texts including the Ṛgveda, Upaniṣads, Mahābārata, Bhagavadgītā, Pātañjalayogaśāstra and the Ācārāṅga Sutra. It will consider the nature of hiṃsā in contrast to ahiṃsā looking at moral and social values and viewpoints surrounding the principles of violent and non-violent action and how practicing ahiṃsā is a rudimentary requirement within early Indian religious life. The...

This essay will examine Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism, although representing different traditions with distinct methodologies and goals, have commonalities that connect practices and beliefs of their meditation systems. The essay will consider geographic history and the merger of cultures, attitudes and doctrines within the first millennium BCE, with detail on how this interweaving of societies, so often seen as opposed Omvedt (2003, p.51), advanced into distinct religious groups with several shared approaches and ideas on meditation. Bronkhorst (2000, p xvii),...

Language is a form of symbols and signs used by man in order to communicate with human beings, express his feelings, acquire knowledge, and language is one of the means of considerate among people and civilization, and each civilization / society have its own style of language, and the language is known as the sound symbols with compatible systems. In configurations, words, and / or sounds, they were basic elements of communication between people, community and separate communication. In Jain...

“In a universe where every life depends on the expense of other, such a commitment would be futile”. (Oxtoby 151). According to Jainism their one of the most important teaching include non-violence, in thought, word and deed. They believe freed from karma; the way soul attains purity. (Oxtoby 148). This is a hard commitment. Adhering Ashima principles in my life would change my daily routines. As student it is imperative to work part time in order to spent expenses and...

Jainism is an antediluvian Indian religion that has been widely adopted in China. Jainism is a transtheistic religion that is widely followed as a set of ethical practices rather than as a strictly divine belief system. One of the most prevalent ideas in Jainism is ahiṃsā. Ahiṃsā is fundamentally the core belief of nonviolence and peace. This principle is pivotal to Jainism as it has influenced the culture in several ways, such as causing a primarily vegetarian diet and way...

Introduction Jainism customarily famed as Jain Dharma as well who was the former Indian religion and the believers or the Supporters of Jainism are designated as ‘Jains’, that is got from a Sanskrit word jina (victor) who hints the way of triumph in traverse life’s flood of resurrections by crushing the aura by a moral and otherworldly life. The Jainism is the trans theistic religion, and the Jains follow their otherworldly thoughts and the past through a progression of 24...

Abstract Introduction of the Western education was an important phenomenon in the history of modern India. This generated variety of responses. The paper probes into these responses ranging from the individual level to the community level with special focus on the Jain community. It also brings out the parallels running through the Hindu and Jain responses and reform movements. Of the varied Jain responses the reformist and revivalist ones have been explored in the paper. The paper more focuses on...

Introduction The etymology of the word ‘Religion’ states that the root of the word is ‘religio’ i.e obligation/ bond/ reverence for the bond between humans and the gods. In today’s world, it is defined as the belief and worship of a superhuman controlling power in rudimentary terms. Religion is essentially a cultural system of various elements of behaviours, practices, morals, views, texts, sanctified places etc. which relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental and spiritual elements. A very crude explanation for religion...

Introduction South Asia is a vast region located in the southern part of Asia, on this mysterious and beautiful land, it embraces many different nationalities, religions, and countries. In this piece of fertile land, people of different races and ethnic minorities live in harmony. As an IAH student who just started studying in South Asia, I am very curious about what did they have for food in India. Thanks for the grateful place, I found out that there are lots...

Like the Brāhmanical and Buddhists, the Jaina iconography did not take a prominent role in the earlier period of Bengal as well as in Indian art. The images of Tīrthanakaras took a prominent part in the Jaina iconography, but the images of the other gods and goddesses never played an insignificant part in Jaina iconography. Many Brāhmanical and Buddhist gods and goddesses were assimilated into Jaina pantheon.57 The predominance of Jainism at one time in Bengal is hardly in keeping...

Throughout history, the human race has had to develop questions concerning the meaning of our own existence to society as well as ourselves. Within humanity, the concepts of philosophy and religion were developed to help humanity understand the process of creation and existence. The core principles that each Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism carry relate to the different devotional traditions and their main ideas, along with the relationship between the divine and humans. These three conceptual topics help establish a main...

Nowadays, there are a lot of religions and faiths all around the world. There are the Jewish, Muslims Cristian’s and many more. These religions do have something in common which is that they believe in one god. However; there are other faiths that do believe in multiple gods such as Buddhism and Hinduism. These faiths are considered Dharmic faiths. Dharmic faiths are mostly Indian religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism but, there are other dharmic faiths such as Sikhism and...

Religion in India originated in the Indus Valley Civilization. The people of this area practiced Hinduism as far back as 2600 B.C.E (Jeffrey Brodd, 2019). The Indus were one of the three earliest civilizations of South Asia and the Near East. This early civilization reached across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India (Wright, 2009). Jainism began in Northern India in the eighth century B.C.E., the time of Parshva, their twenty-third Tirthankara. Buddhism traces its roots back to 563 B.C.E., the birth...

ABSTRACT India is the central hub of culture and diversity for holistic places, India’s religious practices and lifestyle is what attracts people from across the globe. With having more than 1000s of temples in each state and hundred thousand or more religious temples, mosques, churches and other religious pilgrims across the country, it’s said they you’ll find some religious object or worship or house of god for every 500meters in India, Creators of games such as Pokémon-GO use such to...