A Comparison Between Janism and Buddhism
A COMPARISON OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM 3
A Comparison of Jainism and Buddhism and an Explanation of their
Spiritual Beliefs and Spiritual Practices During my research of these two very interesting religions that derived from Hinduism,
I examined the Encyclopedia Britannica whose contributors were many. For Jainism, Dundas
(2013),Shah (2013), and Strohl (2013). Their information was very helpful when I write about its origination and the men responsible for its development. The information gathered for
Buddhism, its origination and the man responsible for its development also had many contributors as well: Kitagawa (2013), Lopez (2013), Nakamura (2013), Reynolds (2013),
Snellgrove (2013), and Tucci (2013). Scholars of religion generally hold that Jainism originated in the 7th-5th century BCE in the Ganges basin of eastern India, the scene of intense religious speculation and activity at that time. Buddhism also appeared in this region in the 6th-4th century BCE, as did other belief systems that renounced the world and opposed the ritualistic Brahmanic schools whose prestige derived from their purity and their ability to perform the traditional rituals and sacrifices and to interpret their meaning. These new religions perspectives promoted asceticism, the abandonment of ritual, domestic and social action, and the attainment of gnosis (illumination) in an attempt to win, through one’s own efforts, freedom from repeated rebirth. The name Jainism derives from the Sanskrit verb ji, “to conquer.” It refers to the ascetic battle that, it is believed, Jain renunciants (monks and nuns) must fight against the passions and bodily senses to gain omniscience and purity of soul or enlightenment. Jains believe that their tradition does not have a historical founder. The first Jain figure for whom there is reasonable historical evidence is Parshvanatha a renunciant teacher who may have
A Comparison of Jainism and Buddhism and an Explanation of their
Spiritual Beliefs and Spiritual Practices During my research of these two very interesting religions that derived from Hinduism,
I examined the Encyclopedia Britannica whose contributors were many. For Jainism, Dundas
(2013),Shah (2013), and Strohl (2013). Their information was very helpful when I write about its origination and the men responsible for its development. The information gathered for
Buddhism, its origination and the man responsible for its development also had many contributors as well: Kitagawa (2013), Lopez (2013), Nakamura (2013), Reynolds (2013),
Snellgrove (2013), and Tucci (2013). Scholars of religion generally hold that Jainism originated in the 7th-5th century BCE in the Ganges basin of eastern India, the scene of intense religious speculation and activity at that time. Buddhism also appeared in this region in the 6th-4th century BCE, as did other belief systems that renounced the world and opposed the ritualistic Brahmanic schools whose prestige derived from their purity and their ability to perform the traditional rituals and sacrifices and to interpret their meaning. These new religions perspectives promoted asceticism, the abandonment of ritual, domestic and social action, and the attainment of gnosis (illumination) in an attempt to win, through one’s own efforts, freedom from repeated rebirth. The name Jainism derives from the Sanskrit verb ji, “to conquer.” It refers to the ascetic battle that, it is believed, Jain renunciants (monks and nuns) must fight against the passions and bodily senses to gain omniscience and purity of soul or enlightenment. Jains believe that their tradition does not have a historical founder. The first Jain figure for whom there is reasonable historical evidence is Parshvanatha a renunciant teacher who may have