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Concept of heaven in Jainism religion

Answer 1

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the concept is that if we do negative things the negative power allowed us to do bad things but the god will punish us and doesn't gives us any gift

Answer 2

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There is long list of the beliefs of Jainism. Some of the major ones are given below :

·       Jainism does not believe that this world has been created by a super power or  God. It believes that the universe has always existed and will exist for ever. Universe has no beginning and no end. 

·       Jainism does not believe that some super power (God) is running the affairs of this world and nothing happens without His consent. It believes that everything in this world occurs or moves according to the law of nature. 

·       Jainism believes purely in the theory ofkarma – say whatever good or bad happens to an individual is solely on account his/her past karmas and not because of the grace/discretion of someone (God). 

·       No one can share or reduce the suffering of a living-being that it gets on account of its karmas.  One who does the karmas has to face the consequences – good or bad. 

·       Jainism considers God as a liberated soul that has freed itself from the bonds of karmaand the cycle of birth and death. Jainism believes that any living being can achieve this state and become God.  It considers each pure soul as God. 

·       Jainism believes that God does not punish or reward any living-being. The idea of worshipping God is to imbibe His virtues and become one like Him. It basically worships virtues, not individuals as such.

·       Jainism does not believe in ‘avataarvad’. A living-being who attains moksh (salvation ) or godhood does not come back to the earth/universe ever again.

·       Jainism says that ultimate aim of each living-being should be to attain moksh(free ourselves from the cycle of birth and death). Each living-being  can attain moksh  irrespective of his/her  caste or creed , whether he is Jain or Non-Jain. 

·       Jainism says that the atma (soul) of all living-beings is similar and capable of breaking free from the bondage of karma.  The way to attain moksh is to free the soul from the bondage of karmas– both good karma and bad karma. As soon as the soul is free from the bonds of karmait attains moksh (salvation).

·       Jainism divides all living beings in five categories according to the number of senses they have – those having one sense, those having two senses to those having five senses.

·       Jainism believes that there is life in plants. Likewise water, air, fire, soil are nothing but living-beings with one sense. 

·       Jainism says that each living-being wants to live, no one wants to be harmed or killed. Therefore we should not harm or kill any living-being. Ahimsa(non-violence) is one of the basic principles of Jainism. 

·       It differentiates between physical himsa and himsaof thought. Himsa of thought is equally damaging or can be more damaging than physical himsa and attract more bad karmas. So we should not even think ill of others. 

·       Himsa of any type of living-being (one sense to five senses) is forbidden for Jain monks (sadhus and sadhvees). For Jain households himsa of living-beings with two, three, four and five senses is forbidden. Himsa of one sense living-beings is not forbidden as it is inevitable in order to survive.  However they are supposed to minimize this himsa and use their common sense and wisdom in this regard.

·       Jainism says that we should limit our desires and possessions. 

·       Jainism believes that there are other places (other than where we live or what we can see) where human beings and other species exist. 

·       Jainism believes in reincarnation. There are four gatiswhere the soul keeps roaming namely – narak gati , tiryanch gati, manushya gati anddev gati. A living-being is reborn in one of the four gatis according to the good or bad karmas it has attracted. It attains mokshwhen it is free from the bondage of all karmas. 

·       Moksh can be attained only from  manushya gati. That is why even devtas aspire to be born as human beings.  

·       According to Jainism, before a living-being dies, the next birth is already decided according to its karmas. As soon as death occurs, the next birth is almost instant.

This may provide basic understanding about beliefs of Jainism.



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