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portada Buddhism Vs Jainism: Shared Roots, Different Paths, Compared
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9798173224088

Buddhism Vs Jainism: Shared Roots, Different Paths, Compared

Tara (Author) · Independently Published · Paperback

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Synopsis "Buddhism Vs Jainism: Shared Roots, Different Paths, Compared"

Buddhism and Jainism arose within a few decades and a few dozen miles of each other in ancient India, sharing a vocabulary that includes karma, dharma, and liberation, enough overlap that many readers assume the two are simply variations on the same idea. This book argues they are not.Buddhism Vs Jainism traces both traditions from their shared origins in the Shramana movements of sixth century BCE India through a single disagreement that shapes nearly everything else that follows: whether a permanent self exists at all. Buddhism says no. Jainism says yes. The book follows that disagreement outward, chapter by chapter, into differing theories of karma and rebirth, the Noble Eightfold Path alongside the Jain Three Jewels, daily ethics and diet, monastic vows and the ascetic life, and the different paths each tradition has taken through the modern world, from secular mindfulness practice to Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence.Each chapter sets the two traditions side by side on a single topic, drawing on scriptural sources and current scholarship without taking a devotional position on either one. Several chapters include a comparison table summarizing the key points of difference.The result is a chapter by chapter account of exactly where, and exactly why, two closely related traditions actually part ways, written for anyone interested in Indian philosophy, comparative religion, or the history behind ideas still shaping ethics and practice today.

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