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Jainism as it is described by Wikipedia.com:
“Jainism differs from other religions in its concept of a god. Jainism regards every living soul as potentially divine. When the soul sheds its karmic bonds completely, it attains God-consciousness. It prescribes a path of non-violence to progress the soul to this ultimate goal.“
About.com explained it as:
“Jainism is a non-theistic religion that developed from Hinduism in the Indian sub-continent at about the same time as Buddhism. Jainism comes from a Sanskrit verb ji, ‘to conquer’. Jains practice ascetism.“
EJainism.com says:
“The ‘Jains’ are the followers of the Jinas. ‘Jina’ literally means ‘Conqueror.’ He who has conquered love and hate, pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion, and has thereby freed `his’ soul from the karmas obscuring knowledge, perception, truth, and ability, is a Jina. The Jains refer to the Jina as God. They teach us to reduce vices like rãg (attachment), dvesh (aversion), krodh (anger), mà n (pride), mãyã (deceit) and lobh (greed).“
Every individual is a JainJi who practices following principles:
- Non-violence (Ahimsa) – to cause no harm to living beings.
- Truth (Satya) – to always speak the truth in a harmless manner.
- Non-stealing (Asteya) – to not take anything that is not willingly given.
- Celibacy (Brahmacarya) – to not indulge in sensual pleasures.
- Non-possession (Aparigraha) – to detach from people, places, and material things.

