Question

why do you think Buddism became more populatr than Jainism

Answer 1

buddhism did not have rules and rituals as strict as jainism so it was easier to live a comfortable life when u follow buddhism.

hope it helps you

Answer 2

Buddhism also became popular in India as it meshed with the existing religious traditions known as Janism and forms of Hinduism Janism and Hinduism were well established in India from early on Buddhism shared some notable principles with those ancient traditions for instance the insistence on non violence known as whims particularly important in Jainism and the inter related concepts of nirvana (literally meaning extinction )and moksha (liberation of the soul)these latter two concepts also are fundamental to the much younger Indian religion of Sikhism

However Buddism also modified other aspects of ancient religious traditions such as the more rigidly ascetic practicex6