Question

can you say that Jainism and Buddhism are the religions of the common ordinary people and why

Answer 1

Differences:

Jainism is against non veg, Buddhists consume meat.

Buddhist monks wear one piece of clothing, Jain Monks(digambar) don’t.

Jain Monks eat once in 24 hours, that too after following some instincts. Sometimes they do not eat upto 5 days. Buddhist Monks eat twice daily.

Due to some rigidity and complexity, Jainism is mostly concentrated to India, whereas Buddhists are spread allover.

Buddha tried to attain salvation by giving up clothes like Mahavira but instead took to one piece of clothing(dhoti) after he found it too difficult.

Similarities:

Both are inclined towards peace.

Both believe the ultimate goal is salvation.

Both originated and spread in South Asia.

Both follow celibacy(giving up house, possessions etc).

Both believe that Knowledge is most important.

Answer 2

yes because one of the factors leading to the rise of these religion is that when the Hinduism became an expensive religion I.e people had to perform expensive rituals people started to look for an alternative and people followed Buddhism and Jainism because of it's simplicity.