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why is jainism and Buddhism popular

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because in their religion their is no crowd , no hustle bustle only a smoothening calmnesss

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Why did Buddhism become popular in India?

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Buddhism also became popular in India as it meshed with the existing religious traditions known as Jainism, and forms of Hinduism. Jainism 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 ahimsa, 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, Buddhism also modified other aspects of ancient religious traditions, such as the more rigidly ascetic practices of Jainism. Also, in relation to Jainism, Buddhism gave a more equal role to women and declared that they were as capable of attaining eternal salvation as men, while in Jain traditions, women were believed to be incapable of this, unless they were first re-born as men.

Therefore, a major reason for Buddhism becoming popular in India was that it readily identified with some important features of the existing, and very ancient traditions of Jainism and Hinduism while modifying others. Unlike Jainism and Hinduism, however, Buddhism went on to lose influence within India itself whole profoundly impacting other countries in the east.

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