Jainism

Executive Briefing: The Relativity of Truth Anekantavada posits that truth and reality are complex and have multiple aspects. No single human perspective can express the … Read more

Executive Briefing: Non-Violence as Supreme Truth In Jainism, Ahimsa is not merely a passive avoidance of harm; it is an exhaustive spiritual discipline extending to … Read more

Executive Briefing: Non-Attachment Aparigraha demands limiting material possessions and emotional greed, recognizing that unbridled consumption inflicts violence on the earth and binds the soul to … Read more

Executive Briefing: The Conquerors of Samsara A Tirthankara (“ford-maker”) is an enlightened human who establishes the path (*Tirtha*) across the turbulent river of worldly transmigration, … Read more

Executive Briefing: The Materiality of Karma Uniquely in world religions, Jain philosophy conceives of karma not as an abstract moral ledger, but as microscopic physical … Read more

Executive Briefing: The Art of Transcendent Transition Sallekhana (or *Santhara*) is the highly regulated vow of gradual voluntary fasting undertaken only by senior monks or … Read more

Executive Briefing: The Sky-Clad and White-Clad Around the 3rd century BCE, the Jain community divided into Digambara (“sky-clad” / naked monks practicing absolute non-possession) and … Read more

Executive Briefing: An Uncreated Eternal Universe Jain cosmology rejects a creator god: the universe (Loka) is uncreated and eternal, shaped like a human standing with … Read more

Executive Briefing: Asking Forgiveness from All Creation During the eight or ten days of Paryushana, Jains undertake fasting and scriptural study, culminating in Samvatsari where … Read more