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Jainism
Jainism terms
Question | Answer |
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Mahavira | Lived from about 599 to 527 B.C., and was contemporary of Gautama the Buddha |
Asceticism | The renunciation of physical pleasures and worldly attachments for the sake of spiritual advancement |
Ahimsa | "non violence", both the avoidance of violence toward other life-forms, and an active sense of compassion toward them |
Kevala | the perfect complete knowledge that is Jain enlightenment; marks the point at which one is fee from the damagin effects of Karma and is liberated from Samsara. |