Jainism ? a religion ?

Question

What is jainism?Tell me more.

Answer 1

It's an ancient Indian religion. It is ascetic and focuses on non-violence. An oft cited belief is that they sweep the path before them so that they don't crush and kill any bugs.

Answer 2

Jainism , traditionally known as Jain Dharma,is a religion and philosophy originating in ancient India. A minority in modern India, with growing immigrant communities in the United States, Western Europe, Africa, the Far East and elsewhere, Jains continue to sustain the ancient Shraman or ascetic tradition.

Jains have significantly influenced the religious, ethical, political and economic spheres in India for about three millennia. Jainism stresses spiritual independence and equality of all life with particular emphasis on non-violence. Self-control is vital for attaining Keval Gyan and eventually moksha, or realization of the soul's true nature.

The Jain Sangha ,or community, has four components: monks ,nuns ,laymen, and laywomen. A Shravaka follows basic principles or "Niyam".

Answer 3

Ninian Smart defined religion as having six dimensions: ritual, experiential, narrative, material, social, doctrinal and ethical. Jainism has all of these. Ritual: for example, they have a ritual fast once a year for several days and services at their temples. Menstruating women are forbidden to enter their temples and terminally ill people sometimes starve themselves to death as a ritual form of suicide. Nuns and monks go through initiation ceremonies. Experiential: They meditate, contemplate the example of their tirtankaras (moral exemplars) and so forth. Narrative: They have detailed stories of the life of Mahavira and other respected figures in their faith. Material: In this city there is a large Jain temple containing carvings, statues, religious art and so forth. They have sculptures representing liberated souls and huge statues of the Tirtankaras standing still with creepers growing up their limbs representing their harmoniousness and peacefulness. Social: They meet for services, they have social occasions when they celebrate particular festivals and they share a belief system. There is a priesthood and a monastic system. Ethical: Obviously this is huge with Jainism because of the commitment to non-violence, but they also believe in the likes of avoiding stealing, celibacy, faithfulness in marriage, honesty and all the usual stuff. Doctrinal: They have a very sophisticated cosmology which sees the Universe as being 650 light years high in the form of a human body, and see karma as a subtle form of matter which the soul needs to shed in order to rise into Moksha, or enlightenment, and a classification of different levels of evolution based on the number of senses a being has. They definitely believe in the supernatural, but that´s not necessary to religion. Seeing religion as concerned with God is rather centred on Western religions like Islam and Judaism.

Answer 4

dude i am a jain and believe me i myself cant answer that question for its too complicated religion ,its a religion that actually has 24 main teachers they call thirthankaras and they follow their teaching which r too difficult to follow in todays world,any way jainism believes each and every human can attain moksha by way of sacrifice and simplicity, it believes in rebirth . i have felt some of the principles r not practical and too difficult to follow ,example in every breath u kill 80 lacs bacteria so u should have a cloth in front of ur mouth and many other rules which u just cant follow in todays world.

Answer 5

First you tell what you know about Jainism. Then I will tell you more about it.

Answer 6

Read about it here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism

Answer 7

jainism is a religion totally based on the equation of ur karma(deeds) & ur destiny.jainism teaches that , it's u who is responsible for ur own life . for more details try to contact in ur nearest jain temple.

Answer 8

its simple its everthing about jainism

Answer 9

You can certainly call anything or any beliefs religion, but there is only one truth, one God, one religion that can give humans everlasting life in paradise earth. The Bible tells it all.