Service of Jainism to India

Author(s): J S Shah, U H Jain
Publisher: J S Shah, U H Jain

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(non-soul) and the importance of Jiva as compared
to Ajiva.
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The religions which developed in India
could be classified as Vedic (Brahmanism or Hinduism) and Non-Vedic (Jainism and Buddhism). Both Jainism
and Buddhism have full faith in the concepts of the
soul, the other world and emancipation. Any philo
-sophy which accepts the existence of the other
world and transmigration of the soul, a fact beyond our senses, is sometimes called astika, and
hence Jain philosophy from one point of view may
truly be called astika.
The philosophy of Jainism is logical, practical,
scientific and suitable to the needs of the modern
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world. By the doctrines that it has preached,
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the architecture and fine arts it has produced,
...3.