Jainism's Cosmogony: Hinduism Vs. Other Popular Religion

Unlike other popular religions Hinduism does not have a single founder like Jesus or Mohammed. They are founded by the teachings of Vedas which started around 1500 BCE. One of Hinduisms famous myths is the story of Arjun and Krishna. Where Krishna the loving manifestation of Vishnu. Said “Now you shall hear how a man may become perfect, if he devotes himself to the work which is natural to him. A man shall reach perfection if he does his duty as an act of worship to the Lord.” Those words enlightened Arjun on conquering his cousin and fight for what he knows is right. Jainism’s Cosmogony is that they believe that the universe has no beginning or an end. “Jainism rejects belief in a Creator and sees the universe simply as natural forces in motion, yet it also recognizes the spiritual potential of each person” (Molloy 2012). The founder of Jainism is the most recent of the Tirthankara Nataputta Vardhamana A.K.A Mahavira which means a great
The trimurti are the most important gods of Hinduism Some examples of these gods are “Brahman the god of creation” who made everything and where everything came from. Second one is “Vishnu the god of preservation” who oversees the preservation of the universe and promotes love and devotion. Last one is “Shiva the god of destruction and re-creation” (Molloy 2012) basically the god for reincarnation. Also, the word destruction in Hinduism means something must be destroyed first before it can be reborn. Jainism doesn’t believe that there is one God that created everything. They Argue that “If God is perfect, why did God create a universe that is imperfect? If God made the universe because of love, why is the world so full of suffering beings” (Molloy 2012). they also believe that everything that matter in this world has a life force and every single one of these life forms are capable of suffering. Furthermore, like Hinduism Jainism also believe in the cycle of reincarnation and