Jainism

Paper 1 In ancient India, religious beliefs played an important role in everyday life. Many religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Jainism, were found throughout Indian civilization dating back to 1500 B.C.E. The most predominating ancient religion, Hinduism, is still in practice today as one of the world’s oldest religions (India Religion). Indian culture exhibits interesting diversity that has been around for decades, but the main focal point discussed is about the…

having more energy throughout the day. Some of the predominant motivations for individuals following the path of vegetarianism include religion and livestock concerns. Major religions imbibing a vegetarian diet include Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Of these religions, Jainism is the only one that requires it believers to be vegetarianism. Even though, it is not mandatory for the followers…

denote the constellation of a myriad of religious paths and traditions that originated from the Indian subcontinent which interact or blend will with one another. Together with Buddhism, Sikhism, and one other faith not discussed in this paper (Jainism), these religions form a category known as the “dharmic” traditions. What is important to recognize when searching for commonalities is that Hinduism, or rather the concepts and doctrines encapsulated by Hinduism and Hindu traditions, pre-date…

Buddhism: (1 - 1750) Buddhism originated in N. India, and is traced back to Siddhartha Guatama’s search for an antidote to end suffering in the 5th century BCE. Early Buddhism was spread slowly along the trade routes by Buddhist merchants and monks. In the 3rd century CE, Ashoka, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places…

The History Of all the religions in the world such as Judaism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Christianity, Hinduism is the oldest living and still practiced religion, but only the third largest. Hinduism originated in India located between the Himalayan Mountains (north), Sri Lanka (south), the Arabian Sea (west), and the Bay of Bengal (east). When looking at a map of India it is shown that this subcontinent is isolated. Due to this isolation, India has created a culture that is rare and…

“Nine Lives” by William Dalrymple it states, “Like followers of other Indian faiths they believe in an immortal and indestructible soul, and that the sum of one’s actions determines the nature of ones future rebirth.”(Dalrymple) On the other hand, Jainism rejects the Hindu idea. In Hinduism they say the nature of ones future determines rebirth because in their belief system they believe in something called Karma which is the actions and the individual’s effect on life. In other words meaning…

followers of Jainism believe and the religious practices and major deities that are highly regarded in the religion such as their major teacher and savior. This chapter has also provided valuable information about the early origins of the Jain religion and how it has influenced Indian traditions along with an insight on the two principle sections that the Jain religion has. The chapter on Jainism had provided me the opportunity to learn about the three central principles of Jainism that are…

In this passage, Gandhi talks about what nonviolence means to him. He talks about how important it is for him and his people to fight with the method of nonviolence. He talks about how nonviolence is a part of his life and how important it is for his movements like satyagraha, noncooperation, and civil disobedience. He also says non violence is the only way India can gain freedom. I believe that he is right, India gained their freedom, because of Gandhi and his non-violence method of fighting.…

Hindu is a pagan religion espoused by the people of India and Nepal, was formed through a long march from the fifth century BC to the present. It is a religion of spiritual and moral values as well as legal and regulatory principles taken several gods, according to related works, for every area of the god, and every act or phenomenon there a God for it. There is no specific founder for Hindu religion and most of their books they don’t know who the authors, the religion as well as the books have…

2.2. Pallava Grantha Script The Pallava rule in the Tamil country bought with it greater influence of Sanskrit culture. They devised a script around the 5th century CE for writing Sanskrit in the Tamil country. The need arouse because the tamil script does not have glyphs to represent a number of Sanskrit letters. The new script came to be known as the Pallava Grantha. Brahmi is the origin for Pallava Grantha, like all other scripts for native Indian languages. There is a lot of closeness of…