Jainism differs from different religions in its concept of God. Jainism regards all living souls as divine. They believe that when a soul is free of all the karma, then it attains God-consciousness. Hence, the primary goal of Jainism is to become a perfect soul (also known as Siddha, Par...
” For Jain laypeople, these are known as anuvratas (minor vows), while for Jain mendicants, they are known as mahavaratas (significant vows). Both of these moral precepts assume that the Jain has access to a guru (teacher, counselor), deva (Jina, god), and doctrine and that the ...
The name of God used most often in the Qur'an is "al-Rahim", meaning literally "the All-Compassionate." Any implication that God's compassion is stunted compared to the moral imagination of mere mortals might seem blasphemous. Muhammad the Prophet speaks of the need for "universal mercy". ...
The name of God used most often in the Qur'an is "al-Rahim", meaning literally "the All-Compassionate." Any implication that God's compassion is stunted compared to the moral imagination of mere mortals might seem blasphemous. Muhammad the Prophet speaks of the need for "universal mercy". ...
(A god in Jainism is only one of the forms of imperfect being of ajiva.)A drop of dew, a man, a god—these are all steps in a single system of essentially identical forms of being, distinguished by their being burdened by matter. At the top of this hierarchy are the “liberated”...
Jainism is another important religion of India that arose at the same time in Eastern part of India as Buddhism (550BC). Not much is known about the founder of the religion that has many similarities with Buddhism. The religion does not believe in God but believes in Tirthankars of which ...
(d. 1853) named the Nirankaris, who concentrate on the formless quality of God and his revelation purely through the guru and theGuru Granth Sahib, and who accept the existence of a living, enlightened teacher as essential for spiritual development. The dominant tendency among the Sikhs since...
Jainism is one of the Indian philosophies that does not consider the Vedas divine authority and advocates atheism because a God can't be seen through perception or inference. The doctrine governing the faith sounds a little like the Eight Fold Path of Buddhism. The main ideas Right Conduct ...
Would a compassionate God want us to preserve the biology of suffering when its perpetuation becomes optional? Recall too that (with one exception) each of the 114 suras of the Islamic Qur'an begins, "Allah is merciful and compassionate." The name of God used most often in the Qur'an is...
Jainism differs from different religions in its concept of God. Jainism regards all living souls as divine.They believe that when a soul is free of all the karma, then it attains God-consciousness. Hence, the primary goal of Jainism is to become a perfect soul (also known as Siddha, Parma...