Women and Enlightenment within the Jain Religion

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Women and Enlightenment within the Jain Religion

Introduction

Jain religion is of Indian orientation and involves rediscovering the Dharma , which is a person 's virtuous path or righteous duty . Dharma is a concept used when explaining ultimate reality or higher truth in the universe . Jains are people who follow Tirthankaras ' teachings , and there are twenty four special Jinas . The Jain religion inspires people to be spiritually developed through enhancing their self control and

br personal wisdom . The main goal of this religion is to realize the true nature of the soul . There are three gems to Jainism , and they are the conduct , knowledge as well as the right and true perception . Jainism aims at liberating the followers from universal cycles of birth and death . The liberated followers are called siddha , and the ones struggling to be liberated are called samsarin . The samsarins have to follow teachings of Jinas in to become siddha , through attaining Moksha , which is the liberation from karma . Jainism teaches that Dharma and the Universe have no ending and beginning but encounters cyclical changes . The worldly soul (samsarin ) is seen to take various forms that include plant and animal form , human being , hell being and deity . It is different from most religions due to the fact that it does not believe in God or a divine creator , destroyer or preserver . It believes that every soul has potential to be divine and that Siddhas...