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Aagamas
- –Scriptures
- of the Svetambaras
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•Ahimsa:
- –Nonviolence
- and respect for all life
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Anekantavada:
- –relative
- pluralism (no one has all truth, so tolerate all viewpoints)
–elephant
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•Aparigraha:
nonattachement
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•Digambara:
- –means
- “Sky-clad” and refers to those Jain monks who wander naked
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Jina:
–“Conqueror”
- –one
- who has attained enlightenment.
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•Jiva:
- –the spirit contained within all living things, be
- they human, animal, or plant
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Kevala-jnana
–Enlightenment
–the gaining of infinite knowledge
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•Karma-matter:
- –the substance that contaminates a person’s soul
- as the consequence of evil deeds,
- –causing the soul to sink in the universe and on
- the scale of existence
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Samsara
- –the endless series of births, deaths, and
- rebirths to which all beings are subject.
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Samsari
–Soul still on samsara
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Siddha
–liberated soul dwelling in Siddha Sila
–Achieved moksha
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•Sramana:
- –Non-vedic
- tradition, no priests, sacrfices, castes, vedas, etc.
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Sravakas
–male lay person
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Sravikas
–female lay person
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•Sthanakvasi:
- –subset
- of svetambara, non-image worshiping sect, mouth covered
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•Svetambara:
- –means
- “white-clad” and refers to those Jain monks who wear a white robe or loin cloth
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•Terapanthi:
- –subset
- of svetambara, non-image worshiping, one leader for the whole community
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•Tirthankara:
- –Means
- “Ford-finder” Mahavira is considered the 24th and last
- “ford-finder”. He, like the previous
- ones, found the way to gain release from the wheel and has shown this way to
- the others
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