Jainism

7 Jainism Principles You Can Use for a Better Life

The 1st Step to Moksha according to Jainism

Jain Agamas & scriptures have shown the Moksha Path with distinct clarity. These…

The Real Maths of Body & Soul

“Who are you?”

“I am Jay Kapoor.“ said Jay.

“What is the difference between you the Jay Kapoor and Jay Kapoor’s dead body? A dead body is wearing the same clothes, have same heart, lungs & liver etc. But living Jay is able to…

Stoicism to Jainism — What we know about Happiness is all wrong

“Virtue is sufficient for happiness.”

In the World stuffed with billions of unhappy people, Stoicism provides simple definitions of happiness. In fact, not only happiness but provides a solution…

27 Questions Mahatma Gandhi Asked To His Spiritual Guru

Today I am writing about one of the enlightened souls of 19th-century Shrimad Rajchandra (Raichandbhai Mehta or referred to as Kavi (Poet) and Shrimadji).

“Mind-blowing” Book, “Deep dive” in Jainism

“I read this book as a part of my studies in Eastern philosophy, in particular, Indian philosophy, and the only term I can come up with is “mind-blowing”. I considered myself an agnostic until I read this book… This book contains within the basis of the…

10 benefits of Aparigraha

Aparigraha is one of the 5 Yamas described in Patanjali Yoga Sutras. The other 4 Yamas are Non-violence, Truthfulness, Non-stealing, and Continence. Most of us know and try to practice the last four Yamas but Aparigraha has mostly escaped our attention. According to Patanjali…

The Science behind the Jain way of life

The foundation of Jain philosophy is Nonviolence or rather TOTAL Non-Violence towards any living being howsoever small it might be. This philosophy guides the conduct of the followers of Jain philosophy. I have no hesitation to say that this need not be a Jain…