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Definition of Jainism in English: Jainismnounˈdʒeɪnɪz(ə)mˈjāˌnizəm mass nounA non-theistic religion founded in India in the 6th century BC by the Jina Vardhamana Mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism, and still practised there. The Jain religion teaches salvation by perfection through successive lives, and non-injury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics. See also Svetambara and Digambara Example sentencesExamples - Even today Jainism is practiced in many parts of India especially in the State of Gujarat and parts of Karnataka.
- Like my religion of Jainism, Buddhism teaches this practice of patient restraint.
- Nonviolence, ahimsa, the primary basis of vegetarianism, has long been central to the religious traditions of India - especially Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Christianity emphasises the importance of love, compassion and service; Islam, the brotherhood of man and Jainism, compassion to all creatures great and small.
- Jains celebrate the attaining of Moksha (Nirvana, or eternal bliss) by the founder of Jainism, Lord Mahavira.
Derivatives noun Buddhists, Jainists, and Hindus all place a great value on personal austerity and are concerned with the final escape from the cycle of birth and rebirth known as reincarnation. Example sentencesExamples - The Jainists believe that all humans have an eternal soul (or ‘Jina’) that is capable of reaching spiritual Enlightenment or ‘Moksha’, by living a spiritual life that is strict and based principally around the virtue of respect for all living forms.
- Jainists are famous for self denial. One group of monks, the Digambaras, does not wear clothes.
Definition of Jainism in US English: Jainismnounˈjāˌnizəm A nontheistic religion founded in India in the 6th century BC by the Jina Vardhamana Mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism, and still practiced there. The Jain religion teaches salvation by perfection through successive lives, and noninjury to living creatures, and is noted for its ascetics. See also Svetambara and Digambara Example sentencesExamples - Like my religion of Jainism, Buddhism teaches this practice of patient restraint.
- Even today Jainism is practiced in many parts of India especially in the State of Gujarat and parts of Karnataka.
- Nonviolence, ahimsa, the primary basis of vegetarianism, has long been central to the religious traditions of India - especially Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Jains celebrate the attaining of Moksha (Nirvana, or eternal bliss) by the founder of Jainism, Lord Mahavira.
- Christianity emphasises the importance of love, compassion and service; Islam, the brotherhood of man and Jainism, compassion to all creatures great and small.
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