LOS ANGELES, CA – Jasvant and Meera Modi emphasized the importance of fostering peaceful dialogue in today’s polarized ...

A landmark $1 million endowment has been established at the University of Texas at Austin to support the academic study of ...

Paryushan Parv is one of the main festivals of Jainism. These eight days hold a lot of significance for self-reflection. This ...

In Jainism, there is no God that created the universe and all the souls. The universe and all its souls have existed without any beginning and will always exist without any end.

Jainism also accepts that the hard austerities required of monks—who cannot grow, cook, or buy their food and must subsist by begging—can be followed by only a small part of the population.

The texts containing the teachings of Mahavira are called the Agamas, and are the canonical literature - the scriptures - of Svetambara Jainism. Mahavira's disciples compiled his words into texts ...

Jainism at a glance Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live lives of harmlessness and renunciation. The essence of Jainism is concern ...

The village has nearly 2,500 families with around 6,000 votes and a majority of the residents follow Jainism. Even an adjoining village, known as Barodi, practices Jainism.