In August or September Jains hold their most important festival called Paryushana, or Daslakshana. During this 8-10 day festival Jains often fast, meditate, and emphasize the five main vows of abstinence. Most Jains live in India where their population is believed to be between 4-6 million...
Editor’s note: Pramoda-ji is the President of the Jain International Meditation Center in Mumbai (Bombay). She is also on the on the Board of Directors forPETAin India (People For Ethical Treatments of Animals). She works for theReverence for Life Societyand forBeauty without Crueltywhich ...
One of the oldest religious traditions of India, Jainism has existed side by side with Hinduism throughout its long history. With fewer than five million adherents and comprising less than one percent the Indian population, Jainism has demonstrated a remarkable tenacity and endurance and continues t...
Population varies due to conversion (although some types are not recognized by the state of Israel) and "marrying out" (of the faith) Means of salvation Goal is to unshackle the soul from bondages of karma which results in misery due to many rebirths and deaths. Once soul is freed from...
One may find some resemblance to the attitude of the Roman emperors towards rites and worships among the population, in the Chinese emperor’s reverent observance and regulation of the rites and ceremonies performed by him as the religious chief and representative before Heaven of the great ...
Hinduism was born in ancient India (modern day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) more than 5,000 years ago, and 90 percent of today's Hindus still live in the Indian subcontinent. In the United States, Hindus make up 0.7 percent of the population (2 million), roughly the same as Buddhists...
depressives with sub-zero hedonic baselines form a significant minority of the population. A majority of people in the course of a lifetime cluster quite tightly either side of hedonic zero - with varying degrees of equability or emotional volatility. Either way, we needn't assume for the pur...
Most human wildlife enthusiasts prefer the use of depot-contraception as a means of population-control to killing families of elephants; but they also find the idea of an absence of lions even in our wildlife parks to be abhorrent. This may be so; but the case for selective extinction isn...
•Jainpopulation:1901:15%,1971:5.6%•Neighborhoods:Shrimal,Patan,Bombay11Case:TheAgrawals•LargestmerchantcommunityofIndia(4million)–Legend:RajaAgrasenofAgrohagaveupvedicsacrifices&acceptedAhimsa.–AgrawalJainauthors:13thcentury onwards – Agrawal Jain inscriptions – Have not seen mentions of non-...