RELI 215 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Guru Gobind Singh, Tirthankara, Salah

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Religion
• Course: RELI 215
• Professor: Marc Desjardins

Document Summary

Explain the differences and commonalities (besides being indian religion) in practices and doctrine between jainism and sikhism. Although sikhism and jainism are both south asian religions with high ethical values, they differ significantly in their era, diet, ways of salvation, and their concept of god. Jainism is the oldest known religion in india being most recently traced back to its latest. Tirthankara, mahavira whereas sikhism is the youngest practice and began in the state, punjab. Even though both religions believe in karma and reincarnation of the soul, sikhs are not required to be strict vegetarians nor fast, which is contrasting to the vegan diet of the janis. Other major similarities are that they both give women given equal sense of belonging to religious life such as consideration, participation. They also have holy scriptures (reject vedas) and have similar temple style infrastructure, a place for gathering in both religions.