Q: Did Jainism originate from Vedas?
A: In our country, kids are taught since childhood that vedas are mother of all Indic faiths and so is Jainism. We shall analyse this perception in this thread:
Jainism is a purely scientific system of religion and insists on a thorough
1/25 understanding of problem of life, or soul. Far from having received periodic additions, it has descended to us in its original form and although a few schisms have taken place in its constitution during last 1,800 years or so, nothing of importance has been added to or
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Q. What's Karma as per Jain Philosophy?

A. Generally people across world think that whatever we think, speak or do is karma and accordingly we get fruits for it.
As per Jain Philosophy, karma is much more than that. Karma is very very minute matter particles that stick to

1/n soul whenever a person think, speak or act either good or bad. Whole universe is full of karma particles. No wordly living being can escape. Main reason for karma bond r kashayas and yoga. Kashayas r 4 - anger, arrogance, deceit and greed. Yoga r 3 - thought, words, action.

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Q: Many people especially non vegerarians question non violence as per jain Dharma. They say jains eat plants, take breath etc that's also violence.

A: In this thread, I'll clear their doubt.
For this, I need to specify some words used in jain Philosophy which r as below

1/n 1. Worldly living beings r of 2 types- Tras and Sthavar

Tras means living beings with 2 to 5 senses
Sthavar means living beings with only one touch sense.

2. There r 10 prans (life power) - they r 5 senses, 3 power (thought, speech and body), breathing and age (life span)

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Question : Why don't digamber Jain saints wear clothes?

Analysis : Since the time I m active on twitter, I noticed several guys attacking digamber Jain saints on the grounds that they don't wear clothes.
They attack due to their wrong or no understanding of Jain Dharma.

1/n Before clearing their wrong notions, it is necessary to list out a few points about Jain Philosophy:

1. Their is no creator or destroyer.
2. This universe was never created and will never be destroyed i.e. this universe is eternal.

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Q. What's time cycle as per Jain Philosophy?

A. Time is infinite as per philosophies of our country. As per Jain Philosophy, this infinite time is represented by time cycles which can be understood by a wall clock. A clock divided in 2 parts-first part is 12 to 6 downward
1/n We name it Avasarpini and second part is 6 to 12 upward. We name it Utsarpini.
Avasarpini means decreasing height, wisdom, power, age and increasing hunger, food intake, crime
Utsarpini means increasing height, wisdom, power, age and decreasing hunger, food intake, crime
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Q. Is Jain Dharma an offshoot of Hindu Dharma?

Analysis
Since time I'm active on twitter, have witnessed several people who r adamant on saying that Jain Dharma is an offshoot of Hindu Dharma. Some even didn't read scriptures and say so just because it was fed in their mind
1/n Some others give instances of Bhagwat Puran which says bhagwan Adinath was founder of Jain Dharma and incarnation of Vishnu. It's wrong. In Adi Puran, last 10 births of Bhagwan Adinath r mentioned and his name was not Vishnu in any of them.
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