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Title: Jain Philosophy


1
Jain Philosophy
  • Non-Violence is the Supreme Virtue

2
Foundation Definition
  • Jains
  • Followers of Jinas, omniscients
  • Revelation not by divinity but by severe penance
  • No Creator God, Karma destines creatures
  • Diverse practitioners
  • Mostly Business Community least violent
    professions, no agriculture, no military etc.
  • With Hindus in Indian constitution and the
    Marriage Act.
  • Rshabha (1st)
  • Founder of socio-economic institutions
  • Mahavira (24th)
  • Last Jina (Tirthankara), contemporary to the
    Buddha

3
Philosophy of Manifold Aspects
  • Anekantavada
  • Reality of Plurality Plurality of Realities
  • Soul (eternal and changing) leads to multifold
    aspects of the reality
  • Intellectual non-violence No one extreme
    position about the reality, instead sevenfold
    analysis
  • Syadavada

4
Seven Nayas
  • Naigama General description
  • Samgraha Categorical description
  • Vyavahara Specific description
  • Rjusutra Time-Space based description
  • Shabda Verbal (Grammatical) description
  • Samabhirudha - Etymological description
  • Evambhuta Functional description
  • Anekanta (Many Ended Truth)
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Truth

5
Syadavada (Conditional Assertion)
  • Positive Attribution ()
  • Syat (FACP), the table exists
  • Negative Attribution (-)
  • Syat (FACP), the table does not exist
  • Positive Negative Attributions ( )
  • Syat (FACP), The table exists and from another
    perspective it does not exist
  • Inexpressibility (0)
  • Syat (FACP), the nature of the table is
    inexpressible
  • Positive Attributions Inexpressibility (0)
  • Syat (FACP), the table exists and from another
    perspective, the nature of the table is
    inexpressible
  • Negative Attributions Inexpressibility (-0)
  • Syat (FACP), table does not exist and from
    another perspective, the nature of the table is
    inexpressible
  • Positive Negative Attributions and
    Inexpressibility ( 0 )
  • Syat (FACP), table exists, from another
    perspective, the table does not exist and from
    the third perspective, the nature of the table is
    inexpressible
  • FACP From A Certain Perspective
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