REL298: Jainism

Course Informational Video - From Mahavira to Mahatma Gandhi: The Nonviolent Jain Traditions of India

Description: Jainism is one of the oldest surviving religions that originated in India. Jains believe that every soul is divine and has the potential to achieve God-consciousness. Jainism was revived by a lineage of 24 enlightened ascetics culminating with Mahavira (600 BCE).

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[bharatbaid]

Jainism - Very good , very rational , scientific and above all capable of saving the planet from plunder arising from man's greed.

[samann95014]

Thanks for making it simple & relevant to modern living.

[IowaEngineering]

jain r d jews of india....greedy and cunning people. jainism is all fake!

[facciaditosta]

Is there a group in New York city, if so where are they?

[KaediChaos]

@mebeluvined  Yes, and certain root vegetables.

[mebeluvined]

does the non-violence carry over to animals as well...meaning vegitarian?

[fuzzywzhe]

Can you cite examples of the factories and their owners?

I would think that dishonesty would be a form of violence. I do not know if you are being dishonest, but you are accusing somebody of being dishonest. Without the ability to check your statement, I have to be suspect about it being correct.

Please name the Jain owners of leather factories so I can know if you are being honest or dishonest. If you are unknowingly being dishonest, please correct your statements in the future.

[oppvu]

Yoga sutra of Patanjali is the same way of Life (Kosmos - Dharma) : but the Moksha is given by God (Ishvara), and not alone

Jay Jinendra !

[TheVedicStudent]

Well nobody is telling anyone to buy leather you don't have to buy leather you can educate people not to buy leather, but most people are fools.

If you read Indias history dating back 5000 years ago, they were actually quite rich, all their riches came from Milk and agriculture.

They had a perfect system in place, now since the invasion and other factors all is going away but it will slowly coming back as people get more educated. Talk is cheap as saying goes change your consciousness.

[deoman99]

Talking of non violence is easy ,but impossible to put in practice.Most leather factories in India are owned by Jain business owners.