A few centuries after mahavirs nirvana, the jain religious order sangha grew more. This booklet provides a brief summary of each agama with a few key sutras highlighted. Jains see these texts, which are the transcriptions of lord mahavirs sermons, as sacred documents. Our intention behind our actions of body, mind, and speech bind us with karma. Concise but accurate introduction to the key principles of jainism.
According to jain texts, the liberated pure soul siddha goes up to the summit of universe siddhashila and dwells there in eternal bliss. The wheel on the palm is the jain vow of ahimsa or nonviolence. The pdf file of this book is available at pravin k. Good books can change your thinking and thinking can change your life. It requires that an individual accepts basic jain beliefs, from which other principles flow. Jain fundamentals jain rituals jain scriptures jain compassion. Jain books is the best resource for reading jain religious books. Agam literature consists of many texts, which are the sacred books of the jain. Jain beliefs fundamental beliefs of jainism the soul is bounded by karma from the beginning of time the principles governing the successions of life cycles birth, life, and death is karma. This book jainism i the basics of jainism is compiled by.
Jainism lays heavy emphasis on nonviolence ahimsa and the believers of. Please use the religious material respectfully and for nonprofit purposes. Pilgrimage plays an important part in jain life for digambaras and some svetambaras. A digambara manual describing the ceremony says that the threegem. Ultimate goal of life is eternal release from karma. The soft copy pdf file of these books are available in jain elibrary website. Agams are the jain texts which are based on the discourse. Please pledge to do swadhyay for at least 510 minutes each day. The leather and oxgut, being supple, can withstand the intense manual.
A few centuries after mahavirs nirvana, the jain religious order sangha. Since the three gems are fundamental to the jain faith, they are discussed in. Paradham, vallabh baug lane, tilak road, ghatkopar east, mumbai, maharashtra 400077, india phone. Wear clean clothes, wash your hands and feet and if you have eaten something make sure to gargle and clean your mouth. You will need to have adobe acrobat reader on your computer to open pdf files. Jainism dont have any specific holy book like the bhagavad geeta,the quran or the bible. Jain mantra 2 jain aagam granth 28 jain astrology 3 jain history 25 jain stavansajjaystuti 6 jain story jain tatvagyan 21 jain vidhi 23 other book 14. The texts containing the teachings of mahavira are called the agamas, and are the canonical literature the scriptures of svetambara jainism mahaviras disciples compiled his. This is in a fully referenced, comprehensively indexed, questionanswer format with many examples helps to readily grasp even difficult concepts. Jainism prescribes a path to liberation moksha, consists of the following trinity ratnatraya. Browse your favorite books and read them for free in our convenient ereader. Unlike monotheistic traditions, the jains do not have a unique holy book that.
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