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Bookmark or Share- Jainism Beliefs: The Five Great Vows and the Twelve Vows of LaityJainism beliefs focus on nonviolence through certain vows. Jain monks and nuns take Mahavrata, the Five Great Vows, while nonmonastic Jains take the Twelve Vows of Laity. The Twelve Vows of Laity are separated into three categories: Anuvrata, Gunavrata, and Shikshavrata. Who Takes Which Vows?
- Jainism | Definition, Beliefs, History, Literature, & Facts | BritannicaJainism, Indian religion teaching a path to spiritual purity and enlightenment through disciplined nonviolence (ahimsa, literally “non-injury”) to all living creatures.
- History of Jainism - WikipediaJainism is a religion founded in ancient India. Jains trace their history through twenty-four tirthankara and revere Rishabhanatha as the first tirthankara (in the present time-cycle).
- Jainism - WikipediaJainism is considered an eternal dharma with the tirthankaras guiding every time cycle of the cosmology. Central to understanding Jain philosophy is the concept of bhedvigyān, or the clear distinction in the nature of the soul and non-soul entities.
- Jainism - World History EncyclopediaJainism is one of the oldest religions in the world. The name comes from jiva (soul or life force but, capitalized, is also given as Spiritual Conqueror) as it maintains that all living things possess an immortal soul which has always and will always exist and this soul may be liberated from suffering by adhering to Jain tenets.
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