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Jain philosophy or Jaina philosophy refers to the ancient Indian philosophical system of the Jain religion. [1] It comprises all the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among the early branches of Jainism in ancient India following the parinirvāṇa of Mahāvīra ( c. 5th century BCE ). [ 1 ]
It is a highly polished stone artwork of precise human form, but it is unclear if it belongs to Jainism, Ajivikas or some other Indian religious ascetic tradition. [ 69 ] [ note 2 ] While it is not Buddhist, it may also not be a Jain statue because it lacks the Jain iconography, and because similar high-quality Jain artworks are missing for ...
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 ...
Anekāntavādapraveśa, discusses Jain Philosophy; Anekāntasiddhi, It establishes the concept of non-absolutism . Ātmasiddhi (Realization of Self), a work of Soul; Upadeśapada, collection of stories which depicts how difficult it is to secure a human birth; Daṃsaṇasuddhi, text deals with Samyagdarśana (right faith) and its purity
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Jainism made its own unique contribution to this mainstream development of philosophy by occupying itself with the basic epistemological issues. According to Jains, knowledge is the essence of the soul. [1] This knowledge is masked by the karmic particles. As the soul obtains knowledge through various means, it does not generate anything new.
Every soul is born as a celestial, human, sub-human or hellish being according to its own karmas. Every soul is the architect of its own life, here or hereafter. When a soul becomes freed from karmas, it gets God-consciousness (infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite power, and infinite bliss) and becomes liberated.
Jainism strongly upholds the individualistic nature of the soul and personal responsibility for one's decisions, and that self-reliance and individual efforts alone are responsible for one's liberation. [73] The contribution of the Jains in the development of Indian philosophy has been significant.