2. Important Facts about Jainism
Jainism had been identified
as Jain Dharma. This is a
religion of India and it is quite
ancient. There are spiritual ideas
along with history about twenty-
four leaders. They are known as
Tirthankaras. The first time cycle
has been known as
Rishabhanatha. There is a
tradition which is millions of
years old. Parshvanatha is the
twenty-third tirthankaraand and
it had been dated around 8th
century BCE. Mahavira is the
24th tirthankara dating around
600 BCE.
3. Non-violence (ahimsa)
There is a nonviolence principle or ahimsa and it is
the basic tenet. There should be no violent activity.
In our Jain theology, it is completely irrelevant about
defensible nature of violence . There are texts of Jain
like Acaranga Sutra and Tattvarthasutra. The living
beings are not killed. It might be immovable or
movable. The Jains have faith that the violence had
affected negatively. It had destroyed soul of an
individual.
4. Many-sided Reality or Anekāntavāda
It is a primary principle of Jainism
and it is known
as anekāntavāda. The doctrine
talks about truth along with reality
which are complicated. They have
a number of features. It talks about
reality which had been
experienced. It is not shown with
language. It indicates that the
human being tries to tell them and
they are Naya, which indicates the
partial expression in truth. The
truth cannot be seen taste using
language. It talks about it who tries
to show the experience known
as syāt, but it is incomplete and
perspective. It consists of similar
way where the spiritual truths
could be felt and they are not
shown.
5. Non-attachment or Aparigraha
It is the third primary principle in the faith known as Jainism
known as aparigraha. It indicates the non-attachment for the
worldly possessions. For nuns and monks, Jainism needs to
vow complete non-possession of the property, emotions and
relations. The ascetic might be wandering mendicant in the
tradition of Digambara. It had been resident mendicant in the
tradition of Svetambara. There is a recommendation of
limited possession in the property. There was a lot of property
for charity. As per Natubhai Shah, the aparigraha indicates
the psychic and material. The material possessions indicates
different types of property. Psychic possessions indicates
dislikes, likes, emotions, etc.
6. Scriptures of Jain
There are canonical scriptures of
Jain known as Agamas. They
were transmitted verbally like the
Buddhist of ancient times along
with the texts of Hindu. They had
began from tirthankaras
sermons. There are Ganadharas
known as chief disciples. It had
transmitted like the Śhrut
Jnāna which means heard
knowledge. The scriptural
language has been oral and it is
known as Ardhamagadhi.
Śvētāmbara Jains named it and
this is a type of the sonic
resonance under the guidance of
Digambara Jains.
7. Judaism
Judaism represents the Abrahamic
basically an ethnic religion including
the summation of cultural, religious,
and legal tradition. There was Jewish
civilization. Judaism had been
regarded by the religious Jews. They
had expression of a particular
convenant where God had set up
Children of Israel. It includes the texts,
theological positions, practices, and
different types of organization.
The Torah had been a portion of text
identified as Tanakh, in other words,
Hebrew Bible along with the oral
tradition shown by the texts like the
Talmud and Midrash. They have 14.5
and 17.4 million adherents across the
world. Judaism had been 10 biggest
religion across the world.
8. Origin of Judaism
Judaism indicates the roots in the form of the organized
religion in Middle East at the time of Bronze Age. The modern
Judaism had risen from the religion of Israelite of ancient
times. It had been around 500 BCE. It is the oldest
monotheistic religion. There are Israelites and Hebrews. They
had been indicated as Jews. in Tanakh like Book of Esther.
The Jews had been substituted by a name "Children of
Israel“. The texts of Judaism, values had motivated religion
of Abrahamic origin. It consists of Islam, Christianity. An
example of Hebraism is Hellenism, which had a vital role in
creation of the Western Civilization for the influence in the
form of basic background aspect for the early christianity.
9. Amazing Facts about Judaism
They were modern times while
the Judaism had deficit in the
centralized authority. It tells us
about the true dogma of religion.
There were variations over the
fundamental belief system. They
have been regarded as the
priority of Judaism. The Jewish
religious movements have been
made on the basis of principles of
Hebrew Bible. There were
commentaries like Midrash and
Talmud. Judaism had been
identified universally Biblical
Convenant between Patriarch
Abraham and God. The Covenant
showed the Moses regarded as a
great prophet of Judaism.
10. Shabbat
Shabbat indicated weekly day of the rest and there is
something before the sundown in the night of Friday till the
nightfall on the night of Saturday. It represents the God's day
of the rest subsequent to 6 days of the creation. It talks about
the role in the Jewish practice. It controlled the religious law.
At Friday Sundown, the woman within the house had shared
the Shabbat through lighting two or greater than two candles.
The blessing had been recited. Evening meal starts with
Kiddush. The blessing had been recited aloud for more than a
wine. The Mohtzi indicated a blessing talking about the
bread. It had been compulsory for challah, two braided loaves
of the bread over the table. At the time of Shabbat, Jews have
been forbidden to involve activities under 39 categories of
Melakhah. It had been known as "work".
11. Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism had been
founded by Yisroel Ben Eliezer
and he lived between 1700 and
1760. It had been identified
as Ba'al Shem Tov . It started
during persecution for those who
are Jewish. The European Jews
had been inward for Talmud
study. There were expressions of
the life of Jews. There is hardly
any priority of spirituality. There
are adherents who had small
gatherings and it is known as
Shtiebel. It is the center for
worship . There were eating,
dancing, and socializing.
12. Hebrew Bible
As per the Hebrew Bible, the United Monarchy had set
up within the supervision of Saul. They had carried out
within King David along with Solomon. Jerusalem is the
capital. Subsequent to the reign of Solomon, there were
two kingdoms of nation, known as Kingdom of Israel and
Kingdom of Judah in the north and south respectively.
Assyrian had conquered Kingdom of Israel. The name of
ruler is Sargon II around late 8th century BCE. It had
come from capital named Samaria and Media had taken
captive. There was an independent state of Kindgom of
Judah. The Babylonian army had conquered it in the
beginning of 6th century BCE.