Comparison enters the jainism and Buddhism

The jainism and the Bouddhisme have many common points:

the Vedas , the System of the Caste S, the Sacrifice S of animals of the Hindouisme are not recognized and were fought with enthusiasm, and a relative success, by the faithful Buddhists and jaïns.

“monastic” character very important of these religions, where the “sadhus” and “sadhvis” occupy a preeminent place.

the Tirtankara Mahâvîra and Gautama Bouddha are prince S of the caste of the Guerrier S, in the State of the Bihar Moderne, and they were withdrawn from their privileged situation, while renonçant with the to be able, in order to be carried out.

Buddhism and Jaïnisme were founded at 6th front century JC at the end of the protest movement of brahmanic orthodoxy. Its two religions also claim that their historical founder is the 24e representative of a succession of mythical Masters called Tirthankara by Jaïnes ( music on the 1st Tirthankara : , music tamoule :). Its two historical founders Mahâvîra and Bouddha had the revelation while meditating under a royal fig tree. Alain Daniélou thinks that the two Masters were pupils units of the materialist Gosala. Was it about the same historical character interpreted differently in the two traditions? The question remains open.

In spite of these resemblances between the jainism and Buddhism, there are basic differences which avoid confusing them:

the jainism is a religion atmavadi , conceived starting from the existence of the heart, an eternal heart, which to be released must destroy the bonds of the karma . Contrary to Buddhism which is a religion anatmavadi , where the heart does not have importance since it must perish so that the Individu can reach the nirvâna .

Although the “rule of Or” in Buddhism is the Non-violence, Buddhism made of it a use more limited than in the jainism. A Buddhist should not make the Violence itself, but in an implicit way that wants to say that it can, for example, to consume meat of a Animal killed by another (nevertheless, it should be recognized that all the Indian Buddhists are vegetarians). In the jainism, the principle of non-violence is considered under all its aspects, obligatory for which its Disciple wants to be claimed (the perenniality of the jainism is due only to the enthusiasm of its faithful to practice it), while requiring of him not to make the violence of Last nine ways: by the Thought , the Word and the body and, each time, either personally, or by ordering it from others, or by authorizing its execution by others.

the jainism and Buddhism are regarded as ascetic religions, since they attach importance to practices of austerity, of penitence. But the Ascétisme jaïna is most demanding in the world. Buddhism proposes a “way of the medium”, where the limits between extreme asceticism and the complete Laxisme are rather fuzzy.

the jainism always affirmed false, even very harmful, to claim that its belief is the only truth. Because the tolerance and the Humility Marie perfectly with non-violence, term which became synonymous with “jainism”. The Intégrisme religious does not exist at the jaïns, and cannot exist since it would destroy the bases of the jainism. Unfortunately, certain minority Buddhist groups proved their intolerance and that can result in violences between communities, as with the Sri Lanka or the Bhutan, with the Hindou S.

When laic a jaïna practical the Worship, it will never require of a Prophète jaïna, nor with a unspecified God to enable him to have the Objet of sound Désir. It is not the case in the Bouddhisme Populaire, where one can request Bouddha so that it enables you to appease your desire or comes you to assistance.

References/Sources/Bibliography

Villas Adinath Sangave, Jaïnisme , Maisnie, Tredaniel, (1999), ISBN: 2844450784.

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