Buddhism Jainism Path

The Path to Enlightenment
Buddhism and Jainism are two religions that share similarities. They are both Atheistic religions, denying the existence of God. Both Jainism and Buddhism deny animal sacrifices and believe in karma, rebirth, and moksha. Despite these similarities, they differ in several respects. A main difference is the goal of each religion as well as the practices they use to obtain their objectives. Buddhism believes that in order to attain enlightenment one must be released from the cycle of rebirth and death, achieving Nirvana. Buddhists accomplish this salvation by following the Noble Eightfold Path. Jains believe that in the pursuance of enlightenment, it is essential to adopt a life of non-violence toward all beings. The
Right Understanding is coming to believe that happiness is not outside of us and things of the world pass away. Right Purpose is to pursue a way of being. Right speech is speaking kindly and Right Conduct is acting kindly. Right Occupation is no butchering, soldiering, or weapon making. Right Effort means appropriate effort is put into changing our pacifist mental lives. Right Attention focuses on things like the good of others. The last step in the Noble Eightfold Path is Right Meditation, or Mindfulness, which means that through meditation your mind will become calm. Someone following all of these daily rituals is closer to the Buddhist way and achieving nirvana. I think that the steps are more accessible because they are straight forward and practical, so followers will know exactly how to live their lives by these rules and make progress towards enlightenment, which is the final
This path is harder to follow, and therefore not as accessible in my opinion. The people who have attained perfect enlightenment and omniscience (those who are fully enlightened and know everything) and have liberated their soul of samsara (cycle of death and rebirth), which is known as moksha, are called siddhas (liberated ones). Siddhas are those who have conquered all of their passions through ascetic practices. Liberation from karma is achieved by pursuing the three jewels which are the three parts on the path to enlightenment. The first jewel is Right Faith/Perception which is having a proper perception of the world. The second jewel is Right Knowledge. There are five kinds of knowledge: sensory, scriptural, clairvoyance, telepathy, and omniscience. The last jewel is Right Conduct, which consists of the 5 vows. The five vows put fundamental Jain beliefs into practice and get rid of karma. They are non-violence (ahimsa), truth (satya), non-stealing (asteya), celibacy/chastity (brahmacarya), and non-attachment (aparigraha). Ahimsa is all-pervasive and is the main principal of the five vows. According to Ahimsa, all living beings live as peacefully as possible; there is no direct violence (stabbing, punching, shooting), no violent thoughts, no violent manners of speaking - and it is not just toward humans. The Jain practice of non-violence towards everything in the