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Mahavira: Nataputta Vardhamana
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"great hero" founder
-born 599 BCE to wealthy caste -left family to pursue an extreme ascetic life -went on his own path, avoided attachments of peoples and things -achieved moksha |
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Tirthankara
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"crossing builders"
-forged a bridge between life and nirvana -total of 24 receive veneration of Jains in their temples |
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Five Vows*
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1. AHIMSA(non injury of life)
-avoid harming any living creature, so they are vegetarians and avoid leather products 2. SPEAK THE TRUTH -view truth as relative rather than absolute 3. REFRAIN FROM TAKING WHAT IS NOT GIVEN TO YOU 4.RENOUNCE SEXUAL PLEASURES -flesh is evil so it must be forbidden 5. RENOUNCE ALL ATTACHMENTS -love for all people and things all jains follow the first 3 vows, but if not the last 3 than the thought of never reaching moksha is known |
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Ahimsa
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first vow of Jainism
-no sinful acts towards animals, others or allow other to act that way -hinduism accepts this teaching now |
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Agamas
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scriptures of the Jains, "precepts"
-orthodox Jains believe these agamas were actual teachings Mahavira gave, complied 6th-3rd century BCE |
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Svetembara*
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liberal sect of the Jains "the white clad"
-northern India -reject nudity and wear white garments -allow women into the religion -more popular sect |
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Digambara*
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conservative sect "the sky clad"
-southern India -adhere to old ideals of nudity and no women -women are prohibited in temples |
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Divali
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Hindu Holiday
-remember Mahavira instead of the goddess Kali -light the lamps, fast at each full moon |
