Basic Teachings of Jainism That Influence Me

Basic Teachings of Jainism

That Influence Me 

- Motivational Writer, Life Coach & Research

Scholar Medhavi Jain

स�य�दश�न - �ान - चा�र�ा�ण मो�माग�:। Right perception, right knowledge & right conduct leads to

liberation  

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पर�परोप�हो जीवानाम।All life is bound together by

mutual support and

interdependence

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There is no

creator God

The universe has

been made by its

six eternal

substances, on its

own 

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Those substances are:

1. Sentient beings or souls (jīva),

2. Non-sentient substance or

matter (pudgala),

3. Principle of motion (dharma),

4. The principle of rest

(adharma),

5. Space (ākāśa)

6. And time (kāla)

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The theory of Anekantavada,

that says there are infinite point

of views to see and understand a

particular situation and each is

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Syadavada - A branch of Anekantavada says:

1. syād-asti—in some ways, it is,

2. syād-nāsti—in some ways, it is not,

3 syād-asti-nāsti—in some ways, it is, and it is not,

4. syād-asti-avaktavyaḥ—in some ways, it is, and it

is indescribable,

5. syād-nāsti-avaktavyaḥ—in some ways, it is not,

and it is indescribable,

6. syād-asti-nāsti-avaktavyaḥ—in some ways, it is,

it is not, and it is indescribable,

7. syād-avaktavyaḥ—in some ways, it is

indescribable.

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Equanimity of an extent 

that conveys, all living beings have the same soul,

irrespective of their size & senses 

Though they are at different levels of

consciousness 

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The Karma Doctrine that

leads to non-violence as the

supreme religion 

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Thank you

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