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In Jainism, salvation can be achieved only through self-effort and is considered to be the right of human beings. [10] In Jainism, one definite path to attain liberation is prescribed. The prescribed threefold path consists of the three jewels of Jainism (Right perception, Right knowledge, Right conduct). In Hinduism, one definite path to ...
Jainism accepts anyone who wants to embrace the religion. There is no specific ritual for becoming a Jain. One does not need to ask any authorities for admission. One becomes a Jain on one's own by observing the five vows (vratas) [48] The five main vows as mentioned in the ancient Jain texts like Tattvarthasutra are: [49] [50]
English: This Jain text Yogasastra manuscript survives in an incomplete form, as its last 8 chapters. The complete version has 12 chapters and was authored by the Jain monk Hemachandra of the Svetambara tradition within Jainism. The text is in Sanskrit. The text is notable for its 1 mm size Devanagari script.
In an aphoristic sutra style of ancient Indian texts, it presents the complete Jainism philosophy in 350 sutras over 10 chapters. [8] [9] The text has attracted numerous commentaries, translations and interpretations since the 5th-century. [10] One of its sutras, Parasparopagraho Jivanam is the motto of Jainism.
'string, thread') [1] in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. [1] [2]
Following detailed steps outlined in the Vedic scriptures, verses are recited to invite the deity to reside in the murti (image). [1] Practised in the temples of Hinduism and Jainism, the ritual is considered to infuse life into the Hindu temple, and bring to it the numinous presence of divinity and spirituality. [1] [2]
Jainism (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ n ɪ z əm / JAY-niz-əm), also known as Jain Dharma, [1] is an Indian religion.Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of dharma), with the first in the current time cycle being Rishabhadeva, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years ago, the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha ...
Jain texts prescribe meditation on twelve forms of reflection (bhāvanā) for those who wish to stop the above described asrava. [3] One such reflection is Saṃsāra bhavanā. It has been described in one of the Jain text, Sarvārthasiddhi as: Transmigration is the attainment of another birth by the self owing to the ripening of karmas.