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Writings related to Jainism.

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

The Logic of Jain Mystical Doctrines

Article/ by Eloise Hart, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, February, 1976

The teachings of Jainism are presented in their sutras and commentaries with such mathematical exactness and logic one can’t help exclaiming, how true, how clear,… Read More »The Logic of Jain Mystical Doctrines

A Lamp of the True Light

Article/ by Eloise Hart, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, January, 1976

Vast as is the legacy of the skilled and illustrious Jain scholars and artisans, equally extensive is the contribution of the humble and industrious aspirants… Read More »A Lamp of the True Light

The Twenty-four “Buddhas” of Jainism

Article/ by Eloise Hart, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, December, 1975

The barefoot beggar who wanders through India sweeping the dust from his path lest unintentionally he crush by his step some beetle or seed may… Read More »The Twenty-four “Buddhas” of Jainism

Jainism

Article/ by Harischandra Kaviratna, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, March, 1973

The mighty task of bringing together the various factions and of and revitalizing the great philosophy underlying the ancient Vedas was undertaken by two great… Read More »Jainism

The Uttarādhyayana Sūtra

Translation/ by Hermann Jacobi, 1895 [From The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 45, with updated Sanskrit and Prakrit transliterations.]

Contents Introduction First Lecture: On Discipline Second Lecture: On Troubles Third Lecture: The Four Requisites Fourth Lecture: Impurity Fifth Lecture: Death Against One’s Will Sixth… Read More »The Uttarādhyayana Sūtra

[On the Sūryaprajñapti]

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1881

The learned principal of Benares college—Dr. G. Thibaut—has laid us under obligations by the presentation of a copy of the paper On the Sûryaprajñapti, which… Read More »[On the Sūryaprajñapti]

A Chapter on Jainism

Article/ by Ramdas Sen, The Theosophist, December, 1879

The Jain religion never spread beyond the limits of India. Being thus much less widely known, it has never stood high, like Buddhism, in the… Read More »A Chapter on Jainism