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Virachand Gandhi ( 1864 – 1901 ) from Mahuva represented Jains at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 and won a silver medal.

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* Navkar Mantra also known as Namaskar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time.
Meditation in Jainism aims at taking the soul to status of complete freedom from bondages.
Navakar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time of the day.
There are some traditions within Jainism that have no prayer at all, and are focused on meditation through scripture reading and philosophical discussions.
* Jainism at Florida International University
The statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali at Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Jainism, one that reached a peak in architectural and sculptural activity under the patronage of Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad.
According to Jainism, five Tirthankaras were born at Ayodhya, including Adinath ( first Tirthankar ),
Jainism | Jain Abhisheka at Shravana Belgola | Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa
The Bhakti movement in Hinduism was founded by Tamil saints at this time, and rose along with the growing influence of Jainism and Buddhism.
The naked statue of Jain Arihant ( Jainism ) | Arihnata, Bahubali at Shravanabelagola built in 10th Century.
These practices and their underlying assumptions were present in the culture of Greater Magadha at an early date and are likely to have influenced Jainism and other religions.
The orthodox Hindu philosophies of Samkhya, Yoga, Vedanta, as well as the non-orthodox Nastika systems of Jainism and Buddhism can all be seen as representing one stream of spiritual activity in Ancient India, in contrast to the Bhakti traditions and Vedic ritualism which were also prevalent at the same time.
According to Jain traditions, it was on this day, falling at the beginning of chaturmas, the four month rainy season retreat, Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, after attaining Kaivalya, made Indrabhuti Gautam, later known as Gautam Swami, a Ganadhara, his first disciple, thus becoming a Guru himself, therefore it is observed in Jainism as Guru Purnima, and is marked special veneration to one's Gurus and teachers.
Indeed, the title character of the sixth century Tamil Buddhist epic Manimekalai is advised at one point to study the various Hindu schools of philosophy, such as Sankhya and Vaisheshika as well as Buddhism, Ajivika, Cārvāka, and Jainism.
In 1110, at the age of 21, he was ordained as an acharya of the Svetambara sect of Jainism and was given the name Somachandra ( popularly Hemachandra ).
One of the famous books on Jainism ‘ Shetrunjay Mahatmya ’ was also written by Acharya Dhaneshwar Surji at Vallabhi.
According to Jainism, Rishabha was born to Nabhi Raja and Marudevi at Ayodhya.
Kuśināra and Pava are very important in the history of Buddhism and Jainism since Buddha and Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara took their last meals at Kushinara and Pava / Pavapuri respectively.
Pope Benedict XVI met with about 200 representatives of Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center on April 17, 2008.
In these three volumes, he compares the yoga of Jainism with the other varieties of yoga prevalent in India at the time.

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* Rishaba — Rishi mentioned in Rig Veda and later in several Puranas, and believed by Jains to be the first official religious guru of Jainism, as accredited by later followers.
* Umāsvāti or Umasvami ( 2nd Century CE ), author of first Jain work in Sanskrit, Tattvārthasūtra, expounding the Jain philosophy in a most systematized form acceptable to all sects of Jainism.
Sculpture representing two founders of Jainism: left, Rishabha ( Jain tirthankar ) | Rishabha first of the 24 tirthankara s ; right Mahavira, the last of those 24, who consolidated and reformed the religious and philosophical system.
The first Jain temple to be built outside India was constructed and consecrated in the 1960s in Mombasa, Kenya by the local Gujarati Jain community, although Jainism in the West mostly came about after the Oswal and Jain diaspora spread to the West in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Indian discussion of reincarnation enters the historical record from about the 6th century BCE, with the development of the Advaita Vedanta tradition in the early Upanishads ( around the middle of the first millennium BCE ), Gautama Buddha ( 623-543 BCE ) as well as Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
* The first convert of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism was Indrabhuti ( aka Gautamswami ) the Brahmin, who headed a group of other Brahmins and converted them to Jainism.
Asaga wrote Vardhaman Charitra ( Life of Vardhman Mahavir ), an epic which runs in 18 cantos, in 853 CE, the first Sanskrit language biography of 24th and last Thirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira, though his Kannada language version of Kalidasa's epic poem, Kumārasambhava, Karnataka Kumarasambhava Kavya is lost.
In the first half of the seventh century, the most popular faiths in south India were Jainism and Buddhism.
* Rishabha, the first Tirthankar of Jainism
As per Jainism Kailash Mansarovar is associated with first Tirthankar Lord Shree Rishabhdev.
Adipurana written in Champu style, a mixed form of prose and verse is a Kannada version of the Sanskrit work by Jinasena and details the life of Rishabha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, in sixteen cantos.
The first evidence of attitudes towards sex comes from the ancient texts of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the first of which are perhaps the oldest surviving literature in the world.
Even before the advent of Buddhism and Jainism, Vaishali was the capital of the vibrant republican Licchavi state since before the birth of Mahavira ( c. 599 BC ), which suggests that it was perhaps the first republic in the world, similar to those later found in ancient Greece.
In Jainism, R ̥ ṣabha ( " Bull ") or Ādinātha ( " Original Lord "), was the first of the 24 Tīrthaṅkaras.
* Umāsvāti or Umasvami ( 2nd century CE ), author of first Jain work in Sanskrit, Tattvārthasūtra, expounding the Jain philosophy in a most systematized form acceptable to all sects of Jainism.
is the idol of the founder of Jainism the first Tirthankar Rishabh Dev, carved on single stone, with height of 25. 6 metres.
Indeed, this day is not merely a traditional ritual, but a first step on their path to liberation or salvation, the final goal of every man's life, according to the teachings of Jainism.

Jainism and World
The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religion: The A-to-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions ( 1999 ) covers 33 principal religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Shinto, Shamanism, Taoism, South American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania.
* Natubhai Shah, Jainism: The World of Conquerors, Published by Sussex Academic Press, 1998, ISBN 1-898723-97-4, ISBN 978-1-898723-97-4
The full texts, with additional similar declarations from Bahá ’ ísm, Jainism, Shintoism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism were later included in the 2003 World Bank publication ' Faith In Conservation '.

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