This view of karma is in contradiction to Buddhism, Jainism and other Indian religions that do view karma as a law of cause and effect.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

It is an important tenet of some Indian religions ( Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism ).

In Jainism, the understanding and implementation of ahimsa is more radical, scrupulous, and comprehensive than in any other religion.

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.

In Jainism, dharma is natural.

The shape of the Universe as described in Jainism is shown alongside.

According to Jainism, there is not one heavenly abode, but several layers to reward appropriately the souls of varying degree of karmit merits.

Contemporary Jainism is a small but influential religious minority with as many as 6 million followers in India and growing immigrant communities in North America, Western Europe, the Far East, Australia and elsewhere.

This is the path to salvation in Jainism.

* The goal of Jainism is liberation of the soul from the negative effects of unenlightened thoughts, speech, and action.

This goal is achieved through clearance of karmic obstructions by following the triple gems of Jainism.

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

Karma in Jainism is something material ( karmapaudgalam ), which produces certain conditions, like a medical pill has many effects.

The effects of karma in Jainism is therefore a system of natural laws rather than moral laws.

The concept of Karma in Jainism is basically a reaction due to the attachment or aversion with which an activity ( both positive and negative ) is executed in thought, verbal, and physical sense.

The shape of the Universe as described in Jainism is shown alongside.

In Jainism, time is divided into Utsarpinis ( Progressive Time Cycle ) and Avasarpinis ( Regressive Time Cycle ).

Jainism is mainly divided into two major sects, namely Svetambara and Digambara.

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

Jainism acknowledges that it is impossible to discharge one's duties without some degree of himsa / violence, but encourages to minimise as much as possible.

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

As noted, however, Jain mythology asserts that the line of Tirthankars in the present era began with Rishabhdeva ; moreover, Jains themselves believe that Jainism has no single founder, and that it has always existed and will always exist, although it is occasionally forgotten by humans.

* 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.

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.

* Independent Religion – From the Encyclopædia Britannica Article on Jainism: "... Along with Hinduism and Buddhism, it is one of the three most ancient Indian religious traditions still in existence.

During the rule of the 15th Kirata King Jinghri, another religious doctrine, Jainism, was being preached by Mahavir in India.

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.

Despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism., Theyyam deities are propitiated through the rooster sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

Several places in the Himalaya are of religious significance in Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism.

The cleanliness of religious dresses in Eastern Religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam and Jainism is of paramount importance, since it indicates purity.

Today people from various religious faiths of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Jainism live together united, making it a place of enormous sacred importance.

Through the ages, Jain philosophers have adamantly rejected and opposed the concept of creator and omnipotent God and this has resulted in Jainism being labeled as nāstika darsana or atheist philosophy by the rival religious philosophies.

Jainism asserts a religious and virtuous life is possible without the idea of a creator god.

Many religious traditions ( e. g. Buddhism, Jainism, the Christian desert fathers ) include practices that involve restraint with respect to actions of body, speech, and mind.

During the Shiva Kavi period ( see Shivakavi Trayamu, the Trinity of Shaivite Poets ), the new religions Shaivism and Vaishnavism were spreading in Andhra, resulting in conflict between these two groups as well as between the two established religious groups, Buddhism and Jainism.

However, the term sramana is a general term for Indian religious man in Jainism, Buddhism, and Ājīvika.

* Homa, a religious practise in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, involving making offerings into a consecrated fire

This latter scenario would have been comparable with the later Gupta monarchs, who were predominantly Vaiṣṇavites, but under whose regimes heterodox religious movements like Buddhism and Jainism were allowed to flourish.

In Jainism, Mahavir Jayanti, also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, is the most important religious holiday.

The guru-shishya tradition ( parampara ) is a hallowed one in Hinduism and appears in other religious groups in India, such as Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

Later, it was performed in all religious places of Jainism as well as Buddhist monasteries.

Lacto-vegetarian diets are popular with many followers of the Eastern religious traditions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism.