01:840:112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ajiva, Nonviolence, Sexual Ethics
8 Jan 2017
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Has a negative view of the material world. Liberation of the soul from the body is needed. Teaches a virtuous life, most important virtue is ahimsa , or nonviolence . Jainism does not give much importance to gods, there is no god that created the universe or who preserves and destroys the universe. Became a hindu monk who lived with other monks and ended up feeling dissatisfied. Left them and proceeded to follow his own spiritual path. Believed that one has to follow a very strict, ethical life. Nonviolence is held the highest among all creatures. Jainism is the assumption of independent existence of soul and matter; absence of a supreme divine creator, owner, preserver or destroyer; and accent on multiple facets of truth. Banishing violence from thoughts, words and deeds. Considering inequalities, sufferings, and pain as evidence for the existence of karma responsible to transmigration and reincarnation in various states of existence.
