Essays on Jainism

An ancient religion that originated from India more than 2000 years ago. Siddharth Gautama was the founder of Buddhism who was also known as the Buddha. Buddhism’s influence is growing all over the world but its major prominence is in South East Asia. Buddha can…

Ahimsa “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…

In Jainism, Ahimsa is very important. Ahimsa is basically the act of being nonviolent to any living thing. Ahimsa is not just about humans or animals but all aspects of life such as being mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually violent. When we have negative thoughts like…

Introduction Jainism is an ancient religion whose origin comes from India. Having been established and founded in contrariety to Hinduism, Jainism nonetheless exhibits certain characteristics of Hinduism. These characteristics are the belief of karma and rebirth. Through religious simplicity, Jainism atheistically denies the belief of…

Introduction Through many centuries women’s role in society has always been under men, men have been dominant in the relationship whereas women are not. In many countries, men are usually the ones that would manage the things outside of house such as jobs and women…

Introduction Some of the most well-known religions include certain practices that have to be followed because of their customs. For Islam, Muslims are only able to consume halal meat. In terms of Jainism, Jains are either vegetarian or they are completely vegan. In fact, Jains…

Introduction The Jainism and Shinto religions are just two religions of over four thousand in the world today, and with so many religions it can be hard to distinguish between them all. Commonalities can be found between each religion, Christianity was separated into different sects…

First and foremost, Jainism is built on the foundation of ahiṃsā which is the absence of desire to harm any living being. In other words, Jains believe in nonviolence not only in action but in words and thoughts. Jains believe in positive ethic of love…

 This essay will examine Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism, which although represent very different traditions with distinct methodologies and goals, have commonalities that link the practices and beliefs of their meditation systems. Bronkhorst (2000) considers that there were two routes towards meditation in ancient India, that…