REL 133 WEEK 2
REL 133 WEEK 2,
The differences between Hinduism and Jainism are aplenty. First of all, Jainism existed before Hinduism, which was earlier known as Vedic Religion. Jainism has its own originality and all other religions are minority who are not Hindus in Indian Constitution. Most famous Hindu temples were originally Jain temples, forcefully converted to Hindu temples. The sacred books of the Hindus, like Vedas, Smrtis, Puranas etc.
are not accepted by the Jains and the Hindus do not recognize even a single scripture of the Jains. While the Jains regard the world as eternal, the Hindus hold it to have been made by a creator. In Jainism, worship is not offered to an eternal, and eternally pure God, but to those great ones who have realized their high ideal and obtained Godhood for themselves; in Hinduism worship is performed of many forms of one God who is the creator and the ruler of the world. The significance of worship in Hinduism is not the same as in Jainism. In Jainism, there is no offering of the food and the like, nor is a prayer made to the deity for the boons. In Hinduism, the attainment of a desired object is by the will of a
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