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Causes of New Movement |
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Buddhism |
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The Damma or |
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Doctrine of Buddhism |
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Jainism |
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Difference between Jainism and Buddhism and Vedic Religion |
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Buddhism stands for 3 pillars:
(a) Buddha: Its Founder
(b) Dhamma: His Teachings
(c) Sangha: order of Buddhist monks and nuns
Important events in the life of Buddha:
1. The Four Great Truths or Four Noble Truths
2. The Eight Fold Path or Ashtangika Marga
3. Madhya Marga: To avoid the excess of both luxury and austerity.
4. Belief in Nirvana:
5. Belief in Ahimsa: One Should Not Cause Injury To Any Living Being, Animal Or Man
6. Law of Karma: Man reaps the fruits of his past deeds.
Note:
In Mahayana, idol worship is there. It became popular in China, Japan, Korea, Afghanistan, Turkey and other SE countries. Hinayana became popular in Magadha and Sri Lanka. It believed in individual salvation and not in idol worship. Apart from these 2, there is a third vehicle, called "Vajrayana', which appeared in 8th century and grew rapidly in Bihar and Bengal. They did not treat meat, fish, wine, etc, as a taboo in dietary habit and freely consumed them.
1. Literature
2. Sects
3. Bodhisattvas
4. Buddhist Architectures
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Five Vows of Jainism
Three Main Principles
Triratna's of Jainism
Five types of knowledge
Jain council
Sects
1. Lack of royal patronage
2. Lack of efforts
3. Severity of Jainism
4. Unintelligible Philosophy
5. Factionalism in Jainism
6. Spread of Buddhism
7. Role of Hindu preachers
The decline of Jainism, thus, became inevitable and unavoidable.
- They did not attach any importance to the existing Varna system.
- They preached the Gospel of non-violence.
- They accepted Vaishyas, including the Moneylenders who were condemned by Brahmanas.
- They preferred simple, puritan and ascetic living.
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