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Jainism is a philosophy which is similar to Buddhism.

So how do Buddhist teachings and the Jains teachings contrast with each other on way of attaining enlightenment ?

Dark Knight
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  • Moderators, is this on topic? – Andriy Volkov May 02 '21 at 20:37
  • @AndreiVolkov yes, because it is about Buddhism – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 20:41
  • I suspect this may get negative towards another religion. Putting on hold until I hear from other moderators. – Andriy Volkov May 02 '21 at 20:47
  • @AndreiVolkov who will this get negative towards other religions, in reality Buddhist scholar have critized jainism. So what's wrong is asking about it. I am not mocking jainism but I want to know what are the arguments Buddhist scholars make against jain philosophy as both of them are nastika philosophy (I. E reject vedas) but believe in reincarnation, karma, Moksha( liberation from the cycle of life and death) and ahimsa(non volince) – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 20:54
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    @Andrei Volkov - it's well known that the Buddha had various peaceful and friendly dialogues with the Jains. Personally, I think the question is valid although the OP's use of the term argument may not be the best of choice words. –  May 02 '21 at 20:57
  • @NeuroMax what word can I use. Because argument means "a reason or the reasoning given for or against a matter under discussion" so I think my word choices is correct. – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 21:00
  • Argument in my culture refers to a heated and angry dialogue. –  May 02 '21 at 21:02
  • @NeuroMax can you tell what word can I use. – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 21:07
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    Iv'e edited your question. If you're not happy with it, please change it. ;-) –  May 02 '21 at 21:12
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    @NeuroMax thanks for the nice edit. :-) – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 21:18
  • Another problem with this question is that it is over broad. One can find many resources on the internet that discuss Jainism and Buddhism and compare and contrast. I don't think this forum is the proper place to answer such a broad question. If the OP can narrow it down to specific points, then perhaps that would help. –  May 02 '21 at 21:26
  • @YesheTenley what kind of specific point I can make. – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 21:38
  • If after availing yourself of all the resources out there on the internet about Jainism and Buddhism... after learning about the basics of each and some of the distinguishing features of each... after taking some time to think about those distinguishing features and what they mean... if you then have some question(s) about specific features and how they differ or do not understand some points, then perhaps this forum would be a good place to ask. But as it stands I don't think this forum is a good place for such a broad effort to compare/contrast. –  May 02 '21 at 21:43
  • If you want you might even start by typing 'jainism' into the search bar above and see the questions/answers that have already been proffered on Jainism on this site. –  May 02 '21 at 21:44
  • @YesheTenley on way of attaining enlightened – Dark Knight May 02 '21 at 22:44
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    Reopened the question, let's give it a shot? – Andriy Volkov May 02 '21 at 22:53
  • @AndreiVolkov I think it's ok because we also have other questions on Hinduism/ Brahmanism. And it makes sense, because in the Buddha's time, he or his disciples interacted with followers of Brahmanism and Jainism, and there are historical records of these discussions in the Pali Canon. – ruben2020 May 03 '21 at 03:06
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    Agreed. I was mostly worried about specific wording in the original version of the question. – Andriy Volkov May 03 '21 at 03:18
  • @AndreiVolkov I think "What some of the main difference between Buddhist doctrine and Jain" needn't be considered overly hostile (i.e. inviting negativity), nor off-topic (i.e. not about Buddhism). However "broad comparisons" were defined as unwelcome in the Moderation policies for Questions -- and this is broad, not about any specific detail -- the main arguments against broad being that "questions which devolve into broad comparison tend to lead to discussion, rather than to finite answers that are expert and balanced". – ChrisW May 03 '21 at 06:13
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    Anyway I think this question or ones very like it have been asked and answered before -- this could be reopened if it were more specific, asking about some detail which might distinguish it from previous questions. – ChrisW May 03 '21 at 06:24
  • The typical approach here is to look over the duplicate questions and if you feel they don't answer your question, then update this question being mindful to include specifics. From what I know of the of Buddha and his disciples and how they interacted with the Jains, it's difficult to define those interactions as broad because they were mostly centred around self and middle way teachings - which is something we all struggle with from time to time. That might help you narrow down your question a little. ;-) –  May 03 '21 at 07:06

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