Rudi Jansma

Scholar, author, lecturer. Bio: Rudi Jansma.

Ahimsa

Article/ by Rudi Jansma, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, May, 2005 [Based on pp. 37-43 of the author's Een introductie tot het jainisme, Uitgeverij Ankh-Hermes, Deventer, 2005; used with permission.]

Ahimsa paramo dharma: Nonviolence is the highest religion Nonviolence, ahimsa, is the central doctrine of Jainism. It also plays an important role in Hinduism, Buddhism,… Read More »Ahimsa

The Fourteenfold Path of the Jains

Article/ by Rudi Jansma, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, November, 2000

Any one of you who has once felt the touch of the god within never is the same again. Never can be the same again.… Read More »The Fourteenfold Path of the Jains

Evolution in the Vishnu Purana

Article/ by Rudi Jansma, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, May, 1999

In H. P. Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine we find over 100 direct references to the Vishnu Purana, largely in her discussions of cosmic and human evolution. Purana means “old,” hence a… Read More »Evolution in the Vishnu Purana

Karma in the Oglala Indian Tradition

Article/ by Rudi Jansma, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, September, 1991

Karma, a Sanskrit word meaning “action,” is regarded as a law of absolute universal justice, in which effect is linked with cause. It covers all… Read More »Karma in the Oglala Indian Tradition