Jainism is a religion

[Guest guest]

I am agree with the thoughts of manish modi on the

minority issue. Jainism is a religion

not a part of any religion. How can one think that

jainism is a part of

hinduism. I think there are five things which gives

the status of religion

to a thought. If any thought have these five things

uniquely it means that

thought is a religion. These five things are.

 

1. God or aradhya

2. A place where followers of that thought meets and

remember to their god

and promise to follow the path shown by god. (Temple,

church, gurudura,

jinalaya, mosque etc) 3. Some people who devotes

their whole life for that

thought (sent, monk, munee etc.) 4. Some written

material(book / books),

which has the teachings of god. 5. Theory of creation

of universe.

 

If these five things are common in any two thoughts

it means they belongs

to the same religion otherwise not.

 

Now i am trying to analyze different religion on the

basis of these five

points.

 

A. Christian.

1. God - God

2. Religious place - Church

3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Sent

4. Religious book - Bible.

5. Theory of creation of world - God created the

world

 

B. Muslim

1. God - Allah or Khuda

2. Religious place - Mosque

3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Peer,

Fakeer

4. Religious book - Kuran

5. Theory of creation of world - Khuda created the

world

 

C. Hindu

1. God - They are three (Bramha, Bishnu, and Shankar)

 

2. Religious place - Temple

3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Sadhu

4. Religious book - Veds

5. Theory of creation of world - Brahma creates the

world, Vishnu saves it

and shankar destroy it.

 

D. Jain

1. God - Sidh

2. Religious place - Jinalaya

3. People (who devotes his life for god) - they are

three (Acharaya,

Upadhaya, and sadhu) 4. Religious book - Agams.

5. Theory of creation of world - No one created the

world.

 

similarly one can analyze the other religions(Bodh,

Sikh and Parsee) on

these five points. You will find that they are unique

in these points. Now

any one can say that jainism is a separate religion.

We should honor and

recognize every religion otherwise it will destroy

the communal harmony of

india. By this mail I want to make a appeal from our

PM that they should

understand the fact and gives minority status to

jainism. Keeping away one

to his right is injustices and if it continues it

will create a feeling

among jains that they are not getting their rights on

india and forcing to

follow hinduism. Easily one could predict that what

could be the outcome of

this feeling.

 

Yours

Ashish Jain

[Guest guest]

To be able to participate in this kind of discussion a person needs

three things :

1. an objective outlook,

3. historical, textual and practical knowledge and

2. the ability to substantiate arguments with reason.

 

Without these there's little point in engaging in such a discussion

and that's the reason I've abandoned this topic.

 

But I personally benefitted from the exchange on this thread as it

allowed me to think out of a lot of issues.

 

INDOLOGY, ashish_singhai@v... wrote:

> I am agree with the thoughts of manish modi on the

> minority issue. Jainism is a religion

> not a part of any religion. How can one think that

> jainism is a part of

> hinduism. I think there are five things which gives

> the status of religion

> to a thought. If any thought have these five things

> uniquely it means that

> thought is a religion. These five things are.

>

> 1. God or aradhya

> 2. A place where followers of that thought meets and

> remember to their god

> and promise to follow the path shown by god. (Temple,

> church, gurudura,

> jinalaya, mosque etc) 3. Some people who devotes

> their whole life for that

> thought (sent, monk, munee etc.) 4. Some written

> material(book / books),

> which has the teachings of god. 5. Theory of creation

> of universe.

>

> If these five things are common in any two thoughts

> it means they belongs

> to the same religion otherwise not.

>

> Now i am trying to analyze different religion on the

> basis of these five

> points.

>

> A. Christian.

> 1. God - God

> 2. Religious place - Church

> 3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Sent

> 4. Religious book - Bible.

> 5. Theory of creation of world - God created the

> world

>

> B. Muslim

> 1. God - Allah or Khuda

> 2. Religious place - Mosque

> 3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Peer,

> Fakeer

> 4. Religious book - Kuran

> 5. Theory of creation of world - Khuda created the

> world

>

> C. Hindu

> 1. God - They are three (Bramha, Bishnu, and Shankar)

>

> 2. Religious place - Temple

> 3. People (who devotes his life for god) - Sadhu

> 4. Religious book - Veds

> 5. Theory of creation of world - Brahma creates the

> world, Vishnu saves it

> and shankar destroy it.

>

> D. Jain

> 1. God - Sidh

> 2. Religious place - Jinalaya

> 3. People (who devotes his life for god) - they are

> three (Acharaya,

> Upadhaya, and sadhu) 4. Religious book - Agams.

> 5. Theory of creation of world - No one created the

> world.

>

> similarly one can analyze the other religions(Bodh,

> Sikh and Parsee) on

> these five points. You will find that they are unique

> in these points. Now

> any one can say that jainism is a separate religion.

> We should honor and

> recognize every religion otherwise it will destroy

> the communal harmony of

> india. By this mail I want to make a appeal from our

> PM that they should

> understand the fact and gives minority status to

> jainism. Keeping away one

> to his right is injustices and if it continues it

> will create a feeling

> among jains that they are not getting their rights on

> india and forcing to

> follow hinduism. Easily one could predict that what

> could be the outcome of

> this feeling.

>

> Yours

> Ashish Jain