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Features of Jainism

The ontological perception of Jainism focuses on existence and life itself rather than the

perceptions of creation and that there exists a supernatural being that did the creation. They do

not bother themselves with the existence of God but rather the fact that there is life and people

are alive. There are those who were against the dogmatism of the Vedas and Jaids took this to

their advantage by forming a theory of reality and philosophies approach. They do not deny the

reality of the world’s existence, they took a middle stand saying that the world exists because of

two coexisting substances, that is the conscious and the unconscious. They believe that the

existence of God does not represent all the economic downturns and the difficulties of life but

rather a bond that one feels from the heart (Besant, Annie 2010).

Most people say that Jainism is a representation of pessimism that these are claims that

they seriously deny. They consider themselves great because they are connected with something

greater than the world, this is not a way of trying to escape realities of life, and they deal with all

difficulties clinging to the hope that they are superior because of their connections to a superior

being.

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The relationship between spirituality and religion

Religion is defines as the belief in a God or gods that are worshipped and is often an act

of rituals while spirituality is defined as the fact of not being physical. Religion focuses on

rituals, beliefs and what people do while spirituality has its focus on supernatural things and

spiritual rather than earthly actions.

The two are determinants of high values of life and they correspond to each other. For

one to have a relationship with God they need a religion and spirituality, the God they worship

might not manifest themselves physically and this can be interpreted by many through

spirituality. Another thing is that spirituality manifest itself as a religion, people belong to a

certain religion because of what they believe from their inside (Guseva 2016).

Religion has certain rules imposed on people from leaders, subscribing to a certain

religion means avoid the don’ts and adhering to the dos. This is the basic definition of religion

because it guides people towards the specific ways of the religion whereas spirituality has no

limits; it depends of the individual person to believe what they want to believe and to connect

with their gods in any way that they might want to.

Work cited

Besant, Annie. Jainism. Adyar, Idia: Theosophical Pub. House, 2010

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Surname 1 Religion Student name: Instructor’s name: Date: Features of Jainism The ontological perception of Jainism focuses on existence and life itself rather than the perceptions of creation and that there exists a supernatural being that did the creation. They do not bother themselves with the existence of God but rather the fact that there is life and people are alive. There are those who were against the dogmatism of the Vedas and Jaids took this to their advantage by forming a theory of reality and philosophies approach. They do not deny the reality of the world’s existence, they took a middle stand saying that the world exists because of two coexisting substances, that is the conscious and the unconscious. They believe that the existence of God does not represent all the economic downturns and the difficulties of life but rather a bond that one feels from the heart (Besant, A ...
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