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| Two main Sects of Jainism |
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| 40%, deny that Mahavira was ever married. Very conservative. Walk around naked as a sign of complete renunciation of wordly goods of all other pleasures of the flesh. The transmission of the original teachings has been hoplessly corrupted. their only canonical material known as siddhanta is difficult and attracts comments. |
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| 60%, ascetice wear white robes. Permit women to participate fully in all aspects of Jain life. they retained various scriptures called Angas and Angabahya. |
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| featured scriptures of svetambaras |
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| svetambaras commentaries and eulogistic works inpraise of Jain leaders and saints. Including the Great Renunciation and Enlightenment of Mahavira. |
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| Asceticism, Ahimsa, And Atheism |
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| Noninjury, nonviolence, respect for life. |
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| Violence or injury to life |
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| A "conqueror" who attains enlightnment. Synonym for tirthankara. |
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| the spirit contained in all living things. light of christ. has and individuality after it's released from reincarnation. |
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| In Jainism, ajiva is anything that has no soul or life, the polar opposite of jiva. Because ajiva has no life, it does not accumulate karma and cannot die. Examples of ajiva include chairs, computers, paper, and plastic. Ajivas can be divided into two kinds, with form and without form. |
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| First Belief about Jainism |
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| Man's Personality is a duel. Jiva and Ajiva. |
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| Second Belief about Jainism |
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| Salvation must be achieved by the Individual. |
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| Third Belief about Jainism |
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| Ideal life is harsh asceticism. |
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| Fourth Belief about Jainism |
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No deity in Jainism
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| The substance that contains a person's soul as the consequence of evil deeds, cuasing the soul to sink in the universe and on the scale of existance. |
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| Enighltenment which nvloves the gaining of infinte knowledge. |
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| The sole bodyof Digambara jain Scripture. |
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| Means "ford-finder." mahavira is considered the twenty-ourth and last "ford-finder" of this aon. He, like the previous ones, found the way to gain release from the wheel and has shown this way to others. |
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