RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Vedas, Dharma, Universal Rule
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Jainism took ahimsa (non violence) to the radical end. Notion of meditation is evident in these 3 religions. Balgerana (third sect in buddhism, in the book read it) Zen buddhism states that awakening can hit you any time and it is instantaneous awakening. Buddhism does not exclude you being something else. The problem with hinduism is that it is a vast religion. Eg, you can be a hindu that does not believe in gods, you can be a hindu that believes in one god, you can be a hindu who can believe in many gods, etc. Meaning, hinduism is not a vedic religion and it is a new religion since they reconfigured the vedas. Upanishads are the text that allowed hindus to keep the vedas but reconfigure them. Hinduism says that the solution given by jainism and buddhism is radical. Eg, you have to become a monk (no marrying, no eating etc) to practice.