Glimpses of JainismSurender Kumar Jain The book comprises tutorial lectures delivered on Jainism for common-folks (especially residents of North America) who are Jains but are not familiar with the history and tenets of Jainism. It will also be useful to those who are interested in the various aspects of Jainism in the various aspects of Jainism and its place in the history of Indian civilization. These lectures were delivered at a seminar on Jainism organized by the Jain Center of Central Ohio, Columbus on May 20-21, 1995, and were found thoroughly enjoyable, inspiring and educative by the young and elderly alike. |
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PostMahāvīra | 33 |
Jain Agam Literature | 69 |
A Jain Doctrine | 85 |
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ācāryas Agam Agam Sutras Āgams ahimsa ancient anekāntavāda Ang-Agams Anuyogas ascetics Aśoka attained avasarpiņī āyariya bhavya and abhavya bhavyatva Bhoga-bhūmi brahmacarya brāhmaṇas Buddha Buddhist called canon century BC commentary conduct cycle describes dharma Digambar duṣamā duṣamā-suṣamā existence faith gaṇadharas Hail Hindu human Ibid India Jain Jain Columbus Jain concept Jain doctrine Jain literature Jain scriptures Jain Sects Jaina Jainism Jina jīva kāla kāli karma karma-bhūmi kevala-jñāna knowledge known Kṛṣṇa Kunda-Kunda liberation living Lord Mahāvīra Mahābhārata Mahatma Gandhi Mahāvīra mantra meditation mokṣa Nāga namo nature non-violence notion of dharma omniscient one's Pāli Parva path period practice Prakrit preached principles Purāṇa pūrvas Rajchandra religion religious Ṛgveda Right attitude rituals Rṣabha Rṣabhnath salvation Sanskrit Sarasvati Sautrāntika scholars Shah Columbus Smṛti soul spiritual śramana Sthānakavāsī Sūtra Sutta svāhāḥ Svetambar Terapanthi texts theory thought three kālas tion tirthankaras tradition truth Universe utsarpiņī Vedic violence