Concept of Divinity in Jainism

Author(s): P Ajay Kothari
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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deeds (Harstha).46 Ahura Mazda is Supreme Divinity for solace and comfort. Christianity
Divinity, according to Modern Catholic Dictionary, means the attribute of being divine. 47 Christianity is an entirely spiritual religion concerned with heavenly things.48 Christianity believes in reality of only one Supreme Divine, God. He is Creator, 49 Sustainer, so and Destroyers of the whole universe. He is Omnipresent, 52 Omniscient,53 and Omnipotent54. He is Immutable and Unchangeable. 55 He is Holy, 50 Righteous,57 Just, 58 Gracious, 59 True, 60 and Pure61. Christianity lays utmost emphasis upon Gods attribute of kindness and love and in a way, God is love. 62
Christianity is essentially monotheistic, believing in one and only one God. God is considered as three persons into one. The idea of God as three persons into one is known as the idea of trinity. The three persons in one are: God the Father, the son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ the second person in the Trinity is the son incarnate. It is the Christian faith that Jesus was a man of unparalleled purity and elevation of character, surpassing in his sublime earnestness the moral grandeur of all other religious teachers.63 He is the Divine son of God. 64 Rev. James M. Gillesos observes :
“Matthew, Mark, and Luke, if carefully read, will yield proof in abundance that Christ claimed and exercised personal divine authority and power, and that he is therefore God. In these three Gospels, Christ declared that He is Ruler, Redeemer and final judge of the world."
It is believed that God the Father has sent the Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem the believers. 66 The third person of the Holy Triad, the Holy Spirit is the spirit of love. The Holy Spirit is taken to proceed from the Father and the Son. In spite of three personalities of godhead (divine blessed trinity or holy triad) there
THE CONCEPT OF DIVINITY IN JAINISM