Jainism considers satya to be one of its five core principles and all sadhus must take a vow to adhere to it.

The fundamental principles of Jainism revolve around the concept of altruism, not only for humans but for all sentient beings.

Jainism emphasizes the equality of all life, advocating harmlessness towards all, whether the creatures are great or small.

* 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.

It is used in most or all philosophies and religions of Indian origin — sometimes summarized under the umbrella term of Dharmic faiths — including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

The Initial Declaration was signed by 143 respected leaders from all of the world's major faiths, including Baha ' i Faith, Brahmanism, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Indigenous, Interfaith, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American, Neo-Pagan, Sikhism, Taoism, Theosophist, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian.

Jainism emphasizes the equality of all life, advocating harmlessness towards all, whether great or small.

Compassion for all life, human and non-human, is central to Jainism.

There are some traditions within Jainism that have no prayer at all, and are focused on meditation through scripture reading and philosophical discussions.

American Jainism accommodates all the sects.

# Jainism treats all souls equally, inasmuch as it advocates that all souls have the same potential of attaining nirvana.

Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of Jainism increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society, while Ashoka's embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been the foundation of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence across all of South Asia.

Compassion for all life, human and nonhuman, is central to Buddhism, which was founded by Siddhattha Gotama ; and also Jainism, which was founded by Mahavira 599 – 527 BC.

The historical significance of the Tantric method lies in the fact that it impacted every major Indian religion extant in the early medieval period ( c. 500-1200 CE ): thus the Hindu sects of Shaivism, Shaktism and Vaishnavism, as well as Buddhism and Jainism all developed a well-documented body of Tantric practices and related doctrines.

* Religious impact: Fishing has had an effect on all major religions, including Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and the various new age religions.

Jainism teaches followers to have tremendous respect for all of life.

The theme of non-creationism and absence of omnipotent God and divine grace runs strongly in all the philosophical dimensions of Jainism, including its cosmology, karma, moksa and its moral code of conduct.

In general, Hindutvavaadis ( followers of Hindutva ) condescendingly believe that they represent the well-being of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Ayyavazhi, Jainism and all other religions prominent in India.

In Jainism, all matter is endowed with sentience ; there are five degrees of sentience, from one to five.

Orphism, Platonism, Jainism and Buddhism all discuss the transmigration of beings from one life to another.

Hinduism has preached about humility and egoless state through numerous sacred scripts and sages which dates back to 5500 – 2600 BCE. Hinduism has influenced many originating religions like Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism regarding egoless state and nirvana or mukti. Eknath Easwaran writes that the Gita's subject is " the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious ", and " The language of battle is often found in the scriptures, for it conveys the strenuous, long, drawn-out campaign we must wage to free ourselves from the tyranny of the ego, the cause of all our suffering and sorrow ".

It is a ritual tool or spiritual implement which is symbolically used by Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, all of which are traditions of Dharma.

Jainism has extensive classification of various living organisms including micro-organisms that live in mud, air and water.

The Buddhist practice of this does not extend to the extremes exhibited by Jainism, but from both the Buddhist and Jain perspectives, non-violence suggests an intimate involvement with, and relationship to, all living things.

In Hinduism and Jainism, a jiva (, alternate spelling, jiwa ) is a living being, or more specifically, the immortal essence of a living organism ( human, animal, fish or plant etc.

Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, believed that the only way to be released from the cycle of life ( birth, death, and then rebirth ), one must follow, like Buddhists, ahimsa and not harm any living creature ( Regenstein 1991, p. 229 ).

Jainism is the oldest living Shramana tradition in India.

* A portal to connect jains and discuss about Jainism and other things

* 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.

Examples of Animism can be found in forms of Shinto, Serer, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Pantheism, Paganism, and Neopaganism.

This period produced some of India's finest art, considered the epitome of classical development, and the development of the main spiritual and philosophical systems which continued to be in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

* Navkar Mantra also known as Namaskar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time.

Navakar Mantra is the fundamental prayer in Jainism and can be recited at any time of the day.

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.

And according to the Jainism perspective, neither a god nor a guru have any role in a person's karma — the individual is considered to be the sole doer and enjoyer of his karmas and their ' fruits '.

The key points where the theory of Karma in Jainism differs from the other religions such as theistic traditions of Hinduism, can be stated as follows:

Remnants of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam can still be found in Ayodhya.

The Hinduism can be broadly classified further in Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhisam and several other small self constructed and modified form of following.

Cārvāka emerged as an alternative to the orthodox Hindu pro-Vedic Āstika schools, as well as a philosophical predecessor to subsequent or contemporaneous nāstika philosophies such as Ājīvika, Jainism and Buddhism ( the latter two later spinning off into what may be described today as separate religions ) in the classical period of Indian philosophy.

Asceticism in one of its most intense forms can be found in one of the oldest religions, known as Jainism.

According to Jain texts, Ravana will be the future Tirthankara ( omniscient teacher ) of Jainism.

In particular, Jainism maintains that, if one performs extremely evil karma, also as a plant or even as a rock, and similar tendencies can be found in Purāṇas, in the Bhagavadgītā, in the Manusmṛti and in similar texts.

Mahāvīra ( " Great Hero ", Mahāvīra, Mahāvīran and Arukaṉ ) is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamāna (; traditionally 599 – 527 BCE ) who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism.

In Jainism, forgiveness is one of the main virtues that needs to be cultivated by the Jains.

Jainism is a religious tradition in which all life is considered to be worthy of respect and Jain teaching emphasises this equality of all life advocating the non-harming of even the smallest creatures.

The importance of Magadha's culture can be seen in that both Buddhism and Jainism adopted some of its features, most significantly a belief in rebirth and karmic retribution.

One of the most intense forms of Asceticism can be found in Jainism, one of the world's oldest 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.

Thus it can be said that though most of the buildings of Lahore carry Muslim heritage, there are a few structures, which have the influence of other religions such as Sikhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Zoroastrianism.

That said, left-handed and right-handed modes of practice may be evident in both orthodox and heterodox schools of Dharmic Traditions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism and is a matter of taste, culture, proclivity, initiation, sadhana and Dharmic ' lineage ' ( Sanskrit: parampara ).

At present, Jainism in Kerala has a very small following, mainly from the original Jains of Kerala and the Gujarati Jain business community, to be found in Kochi and Calicut.