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A PANORAMIC VIEW OF JAINISM
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A PANORAMIC VIEW OF JAINISM.......
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF JAINISM.
1.0 INTRODUCTION..................
1.1 PRELIMINARY........
1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
1.3 PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIAN CULTURE.
1.4 ANTIQUITY OF JAINISM........
2.0 MAHAVIR - THE TWENTY-FOURTH TIRTHANKAR
2.1 LIFE SKETCH OF BHAGWAN MAHAVIR
2.2 SOME SIGNIFICANT POINTS..............
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3.0 JAIN PHILOSOPHY.....................
3.1 MULTIPLICITY OF viewpoints (ANEKANTAVADA) AND RELATIVISM (SYADAVADA)...............8 3.2 THE CONCEPT OF ENTITY (DRAVYA)..................
3.3 STRUCTURAL VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE.
3.4 KARMA THEORY.
3.5 THEORY OF HUMAN EXCELLENCE................
3.6 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
3.7 JAIN ETHICS - PATH TO SALVATION (MOKSHA MARG)...
Five Vows........
4.0 CERTAIN SPECIAL FEATURES OF JAINISM...
4.1 THE ONTOLOGICAL VIEW
4.2 CONCEPT OF GODHOOD
4.3 PESSIMISM vs. OPTIMISM
4.4 THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN PEACE...
4.5 TRUTH AND NONVIOLENCE.....
4.6 JAINISM AS APPLIED INTELLIGENCE. BIBLIOGRAPHY......................
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