I really like the idea of Jainism. If there is any religion that I actually like and think that would be positive for people in general it is hands down Jainism. (btw I'm not a Jain myself, I'm just sharing my view on it)
I did wonder why is it that women have to cover up and men don't, but considering that all religions have some hypocrisy I assume this is the one for jainism. I just found some of their concepts interesting but I guess it is not perfect as an ideology..
Dear Hemant Mehta: When you talk about Jainism, you should definitly mention not only AHIMSA (nonviolence) but the other principle too, wich is ANEKANTAVAD. (no absolute truth) Both of those combined really make Jainism so interesting. And no, i am not a Jain, i am an atheist. But should someone point a gun at me, and i would be forced to choose a religion, i guess it would be Jainism. *May that day never come*
@@divysurana2122 yes bro 100%, I have read it also in Vedas there is the theory of big bang too, in which it says that the universe started from a bindu and expanded further.
Being a Jain I totally approve what Hemant told and we worship those 24 Tīrthaṅkaras not as a creator or a destroyer, but a perfected being and also no matter if the concept of karma and reincarnation is real or fake but it actually is forcing people to be good and stay away from hurting anyone and keep doing good deeds so its for the betterment of world. :)
+Harsh jain I'm just now finding out about Jainism. Here's the part about that, that's troubling me. If the core philosophy of being a Jain is to be non-violent, why not just leave it at that? Why does the fear of Karma being on the brain before doing something good or looking away towards a possible violent act the first mental thought? Why not do good and not be violent simply because those are the key elements of being non-violent? Why not that belief be "I am a non-violent person NOT because I believe in Karma, but because I ACTUALLY don't want to be violent." Seems more promising that way.
***** Hey thanks a lot Mr. Bond! I really enjoy your movies. Lol... No, but seriously, thanks a lot. That's very informative. I think it's human nature to change things. Especially things that best suit their perception. And since so many people view things differently, it's only natural every solid structure comes crashing down with new ideas that contradict the whole bloody thing.
@chris in Jainism every principle mentioned is as it is. They would tell what bad karma is and what is their effect but while we are living and breathing it is killing thousands of beings (insects ...) But that doesn't mean we should stop living. The idea is to state every principle as it is and not for the fear. The gurus tell that even doing regular chores of life is harming beings, then should that mean we should kill ourselves and follow ultimate non violence and stop living ? No , we all know the importance of living but does that mean we are not adding it to our bad karma? No , our bad karma is increasing. But we must do what is necessary and this you must decide what is necessary and what is not. So Jainism mentions it's believe as it is, there are no workarounds if you do something you are responsible for it.
Chris Wellz let me explain it to u this way , Jainism's ultimate purpose is to be free from cycle of birth n death ( achieve moksha) so i assume u meant why not just do this not because karma but becoz u want nonviolence Thing is they are interconnected Assume if u are put on chess board(life) And ur aim is to cross to other side of board(moksha) but black pieces are violence+everyother thing that doesnt let u reach it and push u back while white peices are way to go Now u can reach otherside (moksha) 2ways 1)only seeing white pieces(nonviolence/good etc)100% as if black pieces never existed ,assuming ur good kinda superhuman who isnt socialized and want to do good --- i hope uasked why not think this 2)2nd way is while followimg white path ,keep watching black pieces just so not to step on it (managing karma if u will) but now as we live amomg humans not superhumans ,100%pure way cant be followed thusby keep countimg karma u make sure u step on more white pieces than black in a way that slowly move u forward towards moksha ( assuming u steped 5 whites and miss stepped 1 balck and got pushed back 2 tiles for it still doing more whites push u forward) Both ways achieve u moksha but being human in this world u will step on black tiles evenctually thus by managing karma umake sure u are n positive+ Thats why they talk and think about karma ,not because they dont want to be good but while doing so they can make up for what bad they did. I only hope it answer ur que
I wasn't born a Jain or a Vegan, but Jainism has turned me Vegan; and made me to atleast sometimes consider the consequences of my actions. Btw I am not a Jain for the similar reasons being referred in this video. However, there is documentation
I am Jain too and truly believe the teachings feels very positive and nice to follow things which my parents did somehow also feel it's all right way to live like eating before sunset and getting up early and eating after sunrise it's healthy as far as not eating certain vegetable I am not very convinced and eat all vegetarian food also I like to go to the temple pray sing and give very nice vibes also meeting people celebrating mahavir janam I enjoyed it all Fasting I couldn't do in my life but no one force me to do as well so I think Jainism is only religion which is not pressure you to do its just your wish really how you like to be and follow I truly believe be human first then all comes later Humanism is the most important religion ever
I just met a Guru who is Jain and I had no idea what Jainism was. Now I've done some research and your video was helpful too. I have come to a conclusion that Jainism can be a wonderful lifestyle (if not taken to extreme). It's quite sad that Western countries know so little about Jainism though..
Yes You re rite kallutibu Western countries know so little about jainism because of its severe principles which are hard to be followed. RATHER THIS RELIGION HAS SCIENTIFIC PROVES FOR THE PRINCIPLES IT TEACHES. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW KINGS IN INDIA WHO FOLLOWED JAINISM AND THEY TOO TOOK PENANCE AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES.A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE GREAT MAURYAN KING,CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA....I FEEL REALLY SAD THAT SUCH GREAT PREACHINGS HAVE NOT REACHED ALL THE PEOPLE....
Chetan Jain yes i agree. i am currently reading this book: siddhayatan.org/product/chakra-awakening-the-lost-techniques/ .would recommend it to everyone who is interested about Tirthankaras, Jainism, spirituality
best religion ever existed based on working on our own self to make this life peaceful and compassionate. i dont know god is there or not but everybody wants peace of mind.,which practising jainism provide. i have chosen this religion over others
I like Jainism. I think if people can become less violent and more compassionate to all life, the world would be a much better place to live, right here and now. I also think if people were vegetarian, or even better vegan, it would be better for the animals, more hungry people could be fed the grain used to feed the animals for meat, and there would be a drastic reduction in the greenhouse gas, methane. I think we should borrow these ideas from Jainism on a secular level. It would be better for people, animals and the planet. Right now, we only have this planet.
A man who cannot pronounce his first name properly is passing judgement on a philosophy which he learnt primarily from Sam Harris instead of the Agama shastras ... hmmm !!!
Well cheap publicity stating degrading religion, if you were born in jainism you better had done some meditation and read the jain scriptures like tattvartha sutra, there is lot of scriptures available that might help you open your consciousness, but then you have to make effort which I am sure casual person like you can never do, if you read what Mahavira had stated which is documented some 600 years you will know how deep the meanings are but anyways you would remain ignorant through your life it seems, hope your consciousness wake up early otherwise you will have to wait for another century to get some realization, best of luck.
Well, as a Buddhist I'm pretty much ok with Jainism, even more than with Hinduism, especially with Nirishvaravada which is an atheist sect inside Hinduism. Nothing is worse than abrahamic stuff for me. Btw talking about abrahamic religions I don't share the view that Islam is much worse than Christianity or Judaism. Three of them are just as crazy, dangerous and violent in their potential.
Just 1 request to all of you!! Regardless of your religion,don't eat non vegetarian food, those innocent living beings haven't done a thing to you, so why eat them!!!!
Being a pacifist in a world of murderous theocrats puts your fate in the hands of people who owe you nothing. Given the current state of the world it makes you little more than an ostrich.
Jainism is beautiful and scientific, it believes that universe is eternal and neither can be created nor destroyed but can change the forms. Similar way living energy within ones body can just change the form, but can't be destroyed. Body is just matter and is left behind once life term is completed. I recommend reading Jain literature to understand its philosophy, I am sure, after reading literatures you wouldn't term the philosophy as 'story'. There are enough historical evidences for existence of 23rd and 24th thethankars.
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Just got done covering Jainism in my Intro to World Religions class. Really a beautiful school of thought. I was really struck by the nonviolence and absolute honesty they espouse.
Excellent introduction to the faith, thank you. I have a buddhist background and see many similarities in these two religions. Non violence should be taught in schools from the beginning, it's obvious that it can only benefit all of mankind.
Greetings Hemant: Have a question for you, if you find an opportunity to respond I would be exceedingly grateful, like a deity who has just received his favorite form of sacrifice! This is not prompted by any sort of belief- so please have no fear of offending me. I am curious how you would respond to the assertion that "karma" is merely a form of Newton's 3rd law of motion (for every action, there's an equal & opposite reaction.) I realize that this may sound strange, but if matter = energy (relatively, or conceptually), and according to general "common sense," its quite normal to hear things like "what goes around, comes around;" and "you reap what you sow." I am not a "believer" in karma, its not that I'm trying to validate (or disprove it.) I'm just curious about your take on the assertion (which I have heard) that "karma" isn't a spiritual law at all, but simply a natural one. Thanks.
Mr95044 Well, sort of, but "luck" is just another "magic" word like "karma." For the purposes of what I was asking, they are not much different. "Bad luck" "usually" follows a murderer, unless they work for the CIA and have a good cover story.
Horatio Trismegistus I agree, so karma and luck are the result of the circumstance. The circumstance controls whether or not someone gets good or bad karma or nothing at all.
Mr95044 Not exactly. Luck is totally random. The idea of karma is not totally random but it is not as clear cut as gravity for beings who live on the surface of the Earth. I was talking about karma as a concept, a tendency to be found in "patterns of organic energy" which is the reality we live in. Not the same as "chance" which is really what "luck" means.
Horatio Trismegistus I believe that everything is predetermined, so when I was talking about luck I meant luck as in not knowing every factor. I don't believe in karma but I do believe in cause and effect. I think the difference between the 2 is that with karma you are expecting one specific effect whereas cause and effect can have a different effect than expected.
I came across this video seems interesting with d title as i am jain by birth... One thing and the most important one which is wrongly mentioned here is 24 TIRTHANKAR reincarnated themselves again and again....well when you break the circle of life and death then only you became Tirthankar.... In simple words which means "no reincarnation" after you become tirthankar. I am proud to follow a belief which makes me a better human and the only religion which never says god will punish you if you will not follow him.
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Heman, if not mentioned previously, I use this video in a couple of my classes for a variety of circumstances. Thank you very much for posting this video!
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I can't actually click the "click here" thing for the next video. It's too low down and is covered by the progress bar and if not that then the volume and play buttons. Just thought you should know.
U should read utaradhyayan sutra to discover the brilliance of Jainism and it's philosophy which is unquestionable, although what we see today is mostly distorted part of the religion. But excellency still prevails,
Hemant, you were a vegetarian growing up? So you aren't a vegetarian anymore? You should think about that. I am an atheist vegan, in fact, a huge amount of vegans are atheists- if you look at the evidence, most studies are showing that veganism is better for your health, has less harmful effects on the environment, can allow us to better deal with hunger in both first and third world nations... without even starting on animal rights, and the fact that it is not necessary at all for animals to suffer for us.
+Reece Black look up the interview between Richard Dawkins and peter Singer. Dawkins had no justification for his lifestyle and said that he should be vegan, but culture and tradition were holding him back.
Aaron L Academically speaking, your terminology is very inaccurate. Anyone using statements like "Just another stupid religion" (I am quoting from memory) is not interesting in discussing but in proselytising. I am not religious myself, but I study religion (my specialisation is Buddhism) and I treat any religious experience with respect. You would never hear an anthropologist calling a culture "Just another stupid culture". I think that by trivialising the subject you make a disservice to atheism itself turning into any other form of fanaticism.
lonedevil You're completely misunderstanding him...He said it would sound like just another stupid religion to anyone else, as in everyone thinks their religion is special, and everyone else's is silly. And you're ignoring the fact that he isn't claiming to be an expert, and he is an atheist, so he probably (rightly) thinks (knows) ALL religions are silly. And don't give me that bullshit that anthropologists treat all cultures with respect, because they SAY do...and they really shouldn't. Not all cultures are equal, so lets get that bullshit out of our heads as well.
I am not sure if this is a dumb question but when you were talking about what Jainism believe you stated that they believe in heaven and hell but they also believe in reincarnation. In their beliefs and several others that I have studied, how can they believe in both? When I was in India talking to people of many religions and they really could not explain it to me where it would make since.
Not at all a dumb question. In Hinduism, places resembling Christian heaven & hell are 2 of the 14 lokas (planes of existence). Out of the 14 lokas, 7 are high-level (closer to Brahman- ie the Supreme Being), 7 low level. Each of these lokas already have deities (gods, demi-gods, devas) that live in or rule these lokas. These are not places where soul stays eternally (unlike in Christian heaven) but are temporary abodes between cycles of re-incarnation. Final pursuit is Moksha, that is, liberation from the cycle of re-birth and oneness with Brahman.
+Megan Hawk If you want to know more about reincarnation in Jainism and Jainism in general, you can refer BBC website which has very nice and in-depth information about Jainism - www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/ .
Dear Hemant Mehta, Thank you for the very open, honest, and personal story you share with us about your understanding and former connection to the Jain religion. I am an atheist as well and was just wondering if you would recommend any particular books or sources for learning more about Jainism? Thank you again. Sincerely, James
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Well, it's all about your beliefs and piousness. I am a Jain and I am proud about it. We believe in peace and not in violence. The reason I spoke about belief is because religion and holiness is something which comes out of our heart and not at a gun point. If you know what I mean.
It is more similar to Samkhya philosophy (one of 6 philosophies of Hinduism). They both are dual. There rival philosophies are non dual Advaita philosophy(another one of 6 philosophies of Hinduism) and Ajivika philosophy(Non Karmic philosophy). Buddhism is neither Dual nor Non dual. It believes in Anatta/Anatman(emptyness).
If you know.. gautum buddha was a preacher of jainism but he found it too tough to follow full jainsm and hence he made buddhism to go with modern times ..
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Do you no longer call yourself a Jain because of the karma-tirthankar-reincarnation parts or because of the whole philosophical system? You seem to imply that the non-violence concept may be a bad thing when it comes to informing decisions about abortion.
Secular Steve I am 100% sure. Being a jain myself. I can tell you that this religion is not being followed by Any other than Indians. Being small in numbers Jainism is quite impressive since we have 100% Literacy rate and 0 homeless people. Its easier to manage a small population. Having tough lifestyle is the main cause behind such a small number.
+Secular Steve No, I agree he does not look Indian at all. More Polynesian like you said. The name is though. I remember his saying in some other video that he practiced Islam, but It's really hard to find because he never brings in his personal life. It's possible he converted to Islam. I can't find the vid, but I really am quite sure he said it somewhere.
Everything I have read about Jainism says that God (as a creator) is not a Jain belief. I don't know why there are jains that say they believe in god. I became a vegan about 3.5 years ago. I tried Jain meditation and I found that particularly peaceful. I otherwise listen to various hindu, buddhist and jain mantra, sometimes over water. I don't understand the negativity about this. It feels way more peaceful than christian or Islam. But then again I perhaps wasn't informed about the belief that westerners might find irritatingly similiar to christian....
The spirituality of some people works like this: You are curious about people and their spirituality. You learn and adapt all, what appeals to you. And that's why Jain-People can believe in a creator. - I mean, I don't know them and I will read more about it later ^^ but if they don't despise this idea, why shouldn't they adapt it? - As a paganist I know that some pagan beliefs are like "Yahweh is crap and Odin is the god I respect." And this is mostly because they despise christians for some reasons and don't want to be like them. But in some pagan beliefs, if you dive deeper, there is often a creative force... and if you want to explain this to a christian, that would be like: "well you call it god." The difference between yahweh and the creative force is btw. that the creative force doesn't want activly being worshiped, it doesn't punish or reward in the afterlife and so on... it simply is, like the universe simply is. And that's how I would explain a buddist this creative force: you simply call it the universe ;-) (not claiming to know much about buddhism)
Alexander Ringler My knowledge of Jainism is limited, but god as creator, sustainer or destroyer of universe is not a Jain belief. From what I have read is that is because most belief in god removes the cause-effect of karma. That god(s) can do what (s)he wants, and makes up any arbitrary rules. Some of which results in harm to people and to animals, physical, emotional etc... The concept of god(s) often is to come up short of a liberated soul, one free from anger, envy, sensuality, selfishness, as such its not worthy of worship. At the same time, it cannot be denied that religion in general often instills discipline, and ahimsa and compassion to various degrees. Spiritual progress can be obtained even in atheism if it includes moral attributes.
MrJamesBecca God is there in Jain belief. As per belief, anyone who finishes off its karmas, knows about himself, reaches to the soul by the samyak knowledge, character and sight, anyone can be a God... However there are 24 gods (great personalities) in jainism
naman jain God means creator of this universe as well as creator of any other universes if they exist. Jains do not believe in creator God. Read your books yourself instead of listening from other people. 24 thirthankars are enlightened ones.
being a jain requires you to meditate or being mindful. while meditating you'll somewhat start experiencing that you are a slave of your karma (actions that you did and are doing at present). whatever you are thinking now is based upon what you thought before now (this is actually the reaction of your previous actions or in india we express it as Fruits of our own Karma) and as we know that whatever we do is driven by whatever we think hence our present actions are reactions of our previous actions. so this is the actual concept of fruits of karma. this concept is not imposed on anybody this is a universal law which is followed uniformly by every living being be it plants or animals or insects or microbes. ofcourse the amount of karma generated by different organisms is different and according to jain texts which may be wrong the amount of karma generated by an organism depends upon the number of senses that organism has (senses like seeing, hearing etc) like snakes can't hear so they'll generate a lesser amount of karma in their life than a human but at the same time it doesn't have the attribute to reflect upon its own actions (which in india is called 'ANTARDRISHTI' OR 'DARSHAN' ) So they will be farther away from being enlightened ( which in india is called 'SIDDHA PURUSHA' ). the soul of snake will have to reincarnate in accordance to the fruits of its karma until it gets reincarnated in the avatar of an intelligent being (an intelligent being can reflect upon its actions) and if this intelligent being starts meditating (or starts doing any similar action through which it can reflect upon its actions and at the same time experience the reactions of those previous actions without generating new actions I.e. with being neutral to those reactions he experiences) will that soul reach its destination of being enlightened (or achieving 'NIRVANA'). and every soul is destined to achieve this state (mind you that a soul is infinite and the number souls in the universe is also infinite. every mathematical concept of infinity can apply to soul. hence this cycle is never going to stop.) but the infiniteness of soul can not be experienced by a sentient being unless he starts paying heed to his soul or stats paying heed to his body and mind (or in simple words starts meditating) and hence the sentient being experiences pain in situations which his mind interprets to be painful and happiness in situations whiche his mind interprets to be joyful. in reality those are just situations not painful not joyful and being that experiences infiniteness of soul will not have emotions of happiness in joyful moments and emotions of sadness in painful moments. jainism does have concept of heaven and hell but they are physically reachable like for soul which does bad will experience hell when it reincarnates in the form of a lesser powerful creature being lesser powerful would make it vulnerable to anything which is more powerful than it and it will be violated and exploited. and a soul which does good will experience a higher level of heaven when it gets reincarnated in the form of a more powerful being. hence you see in jainism 7 levels of hell and 7 levels of heaven and above all these levels is the realm of SIDDHA PURUSHA where pure souls reside all of these levels are here in the universe the spiritual and physical both lie at the same place and superimpose each other that's why physical bodies have spirits but physical bodies can't access the spiritual world and the spiritual world has access to the physical world. the free spirits never interfere with the physical world because they don't have any kind of desire left in them and also because that will make them do an action or KARMA which will again attache them to the physical world and they'll again have to go through the processes of life. the number of enlightened people is not limited to only the 24 tirthankars. every tirthankar has said that infinite SIDDHA PURUSHA have come before me and infinite more will come after me. also Gautam Buddha was a SIDDHA PURUSHA as well. So this is all the knowledge of jainism that I know until now. it's for those who wish to know more about this philosophy. Some would say jainism is atheistic and some would say it is pantheistic I think it's a mix of both. and almost all of it seems logical to me I've meditated also and have a tiny amount experience i know with that amount of experience I cannot say that it is true yet it seems logical to me only and rhatd only because I've been raised in this philosophy. but I will meditate myself to find out if all of this is true or not.
Philosophy of Jainism is not about not killing anyone. Its not possible. It is only about avoiding to extent you can i.e avoiding violence which are completely unnecessary and also not being proud or happy about other violence which you have to commit. Also one has to strive to be as non-violent as you can . Violence in Jainism is not just about killing anyone. It is also about not feeling angry or hatred for anyone. Not thinking or speaking or doing anything bad for anyone. Also about food, Jains decide what to eat and what not to, depends on study of Jiv-vichar which is a book which talks about what all types of living being exist in universe, their type, how they are born, in which conditions they tend to form, no of senses they have (humans have 5 senses). So food of jains depends on Bhakshya: which can be eaten Abhakshya: Which should not be eaten (like poison or other stuff which is not gud for health) Also it depends on following: 1. what kind of living being needs to be killed. for killing living being of more senses like human or animals is more cruel that killing animals of single sense like bacteria or plants as you require more cruelty for doing so 2. how painful it will be for it, make sure you kill them in least painful way. 3. how many living being dies, 4. What changes does that food bring in us. i.e does it kill me, or does it cause me illness, or does it increase hormones which can be responsible for aggression, etc Jains very well knew about bacterias and other stuff which is already mentioned in this old scriptures. Also Mahaveer, Parshwanath and Neminath are archeologically proven human beings (being king of their kingdoms). There is enough proven evidence of their existence found in rock edicts, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures apart from Jain religious books. It is very scientific religion. Its just ignorance of people who really didn't have deep study of religion. There are no moral or religious law, just natural laws in Jainism which applies to all, even Tirthankaras just like gravity.
actually because most of the people don't want to be non violent because then they have to be vegetarian. but everyone who is not jain should also be non violent. because an innocent animal suffers lots of pain when they are killed for the enjoyment of people. every human being should be kind not only towards the other human being but also towards innocent animals. actually you should go in some depth of jainism. lord mahavir who was 24th thirthankar (not just a story) said that AHINSAA PARMO DHARM means NONVIOLENCE IS THE GREATEST RELIGION. He said that we should be vegetarian and should cause least harm to the other living beings and nature. Although plants have life so some people say that if you eat plants than also you are killing the living beings so how can someone who eat plants is Non violent..? Lord Mahaveer said that because animals have 5 senses and they can feel and sense the enormous pain when you kill them to eat. but plants can't feel and sense the pain when we take vegetables from them. It is scientifically proved Unlike the animals Plants have lack of nervous system and Brain so they can never sense and feel the pain. so it's non violent act to eat the vegetables, fruits. refer the link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_perception_%28paranormal%29 JAI JINENDRA, BE KIND, LIVE AND LET LIVE.... :-)
+Mohit Jain Could you give me a reliable source of info about Jainism? I'm vegan (obviously) and was wondering of the differences between the Essenes (who I 100% subscribe to beliefs) and Jains. Thanks.
I love your considered and erudite comments. I’’m quite new to your views and I have always been a none believer.. Neither my parents nor grandparents ever indoctrinated me to religion. I write because you asked what would you Ike me to make a video about. Well I am fully aware oof your opinion on religion, so I would like to hear your considered opinion on the books of Zechariah Sitchin and Michael Tellinger. They write at length about the real origins of all religions.. Thank you for your consideration. Tschüss Leo
Thanks for this. I never heard of this religion before I saw it on your Wikipedia bio, but hadn't yet looked up what it was. Then this popped on my UA-cam feed (because Google does that). I've been enjoying your videos the past few days.
Get knowledge about jainism first before making a video brother, because the things you've said in your video show how much little knowledge you have of jainism. You should start reading jainism literature rather than hearing to some person's view. Start with Samaysaar.
Half knowledge is dangerous, I was taught in school. Maybe ur few points are logic, but then there comes a point when logics fail and then faith prevails, even if it does for a second of time in life time, u r touched by that faith.
Jaden Tapscott it's never did, one of the keypoint is muhammad is so far the only prophet that goes to war(He practically a bandit then become warlord) compared to the rest religion which already big no sign of peace.
***** As atheist I say Jainism and budhism are quite peaceful religion as they never support violence in the first place. Any one who are buddhist or jains and does violent have no backing from their own religion .
***** The reason I say I love buddha and jains is both actually more like an ideology like confucianism and taoism. They basically does'nt even focus on deity like christian and islam do. one of the things that I like about buddha is the founder of the religion itself is okay if there is mistake in his teaching you can actually correct him this is not happen in case of islam or christianity. A simple reason why I say it's peaceful is because the religion it'self doesn't have any backing like verses in quran or Bible or even torah they were more into pacifism than violence. for this I say they more peaceful. Obviously a buddhist can be violent but violent one cannot say because it's written in sutra or etc.
the speaker stated his name as Hemens Smeta = sorry, that is the best i can do on the spelling but using that spelling....i can not find him on that blog..............www friendly atheist only one question comes to mind.....do you believe in reincarnation? it is possible to be an atheist and believe in reincarnation at the same time
The biggest issue I have with Jains or vegetarian Hindus is their sense of superiority, which leads to discrimination against people who don't follow their belief. For example, Jains live in segregated apartment blocks where non vegetarians cannot live. Vegetarian Hindus have to perform a ritual bathing to wash of the sins if they touch a meat eater etc. I wish you had mentioned about it in the video.
That's what the Jains and Brahmins thought too. So they deemed the meat eaters as untouchables and discriminated against in education and work places. Does that sound morally superior?
There are lacs of evidences of tirthankars in india, If you want to see, please come in india, I will tell in a deep that. " What jainism is actually..And what exactly mahaveer swami wanted to tell.
He spoke of there not being any God(s) in Jainism, then later goes on to say there are there '24' that supposedly reached nirvana. Umm..deities ARE gods! If you are so interested in truth, then why speak of contradictions? Or you just aren't nearly as bright as you perceive yourself to be?
Actually The man in the video, don't know the truth himself... He is totally confused. In Jainism, the soul of every living being is described as the real god. Those who are liberated are called pure-soul (Siddha), and they are the path-shower for others.. so, they are referred as GOD to pay homage. But, it is a very huge concept.
Akshay Patni What baffles me is that he often says in his videos that he will reply to comments. I have yet to see this. I personally have commented on a number of his videos and asked him questions, yet not one reply by him. He could at least be honest or to not mention that he will reply back. I guess only his views 'count' or are of value? And it's not an issue of time. I made these comments LONG ago. Oh well..he argues his case in his videos but he can't reply to peoples questions or refutations of what he has said? That sums it up to me that he is not open-minded at all. If he can go to so much trouble in making quality supposedly in-depth videos but he can't respond to the comments, it appears that he wants to reach out to naive people while ignoring people that have legitimate questions(which I doubt he has any good answers for).
MIKE DEWALT I completely agree with you. He doesn't know things but, he wants to prove his smartness, nothing much than that. People kinda like him, are the reason why others do not understand religion. Well, no issues... I always try to search youtube videos related to Jainism / Jain and try to reply meaningful questions because I don't want anyone to go into wrong perception atleast regarding JAINISM. If you have any questions related to Jainism, Please write to me. I will try to reply them as soon as possible to the fullest of my knowledge. Regards, Akshay Patni
Akshay Patni I am a Christian but I am always game on learning about different religions. I recently studied about the claims of Mormonism(which are some wild claims with no evidence to back them up btw!) and am currently investigating the claims of Islam from the Qurán. Just recently found out a startling claim in the Qurán: it speaks about the People of the Book(Christians) and says that the Christians should not believe in "excess" regarding the New Testament. What was this excess belief? That the Christians should not believe in the Trinity(which the Qurán falsely thought was 3 separate gods..which no Christian has ever believed. But here's the kicker: It mentioned the Trinity as being - the Father, the Son and ....(drum roll please...MARY!! Wow! No Christian has EVER believed in Mary as being part of the Trinity! What is so intriguing about it? Mohammed claims he is simply the Messenger of God and that the Qurán is an eternal Book that was revealed on earth to Mohammed via the angel Gabriel. So the problem then? A Muslim would agree w/a Christian that God is All-Knowing, yet God did not know what a Christian believed to be the Trinity(Father, Son and Holy Spirit)? Obviously the Quráns claim of being a eternal holy book from God is therefore bogus then. The Qurán was made up by Mohammed obviously. Despite this huge error he made, over a billion Muslims still believe in the Qurán coming from God. To that I must shake my head. But interesting nonetheless! Sadly, Mohammed has not contributed much value to the world thru Islam. But it surely has brought much death and destruction, which is growing rapidly! ISIS is an evil that I have not seen in my lifetime and reminds me much of Hitler's regime in its atrocities and brutality. (Stalin and Pol Pot come to mind as well. But sure, feel free to share the basic belief system of Jainism if you so wish. That would be nice of you. Thanks in advance, Mike
24 tirthankars are not god they are just human who have won the war of karma ...................................just like teacher as we know teacher is not god but we respect them just like jain respect tirthankars.
So, Jainism is in my opinion one of the mature religions where you have to have faith instead of juggle for finding evidences and thats where most of the people fall behind is because they try to argue with intelligence. It is not any kind of a 'blind faith' but you realize its depth and truth once you try to understand it deeper and start practicing it in your life. You wont see the effects in like a day or two, but the result will definitely show once you start inhaling Jainism in and let it teach you. You will feel more yourself and at peace than you did before, trying to battle this with intelligence. It is an indirect feeling that you cant explain or put evidences for, but you feel it in you, and thats what Jainism is about. Its about the soul (faith) rather than mind (intelligence). No hate, just trying to explain it better
Hey Atheist voice, you couldn't be more wrong, actually jainism totally acknowledges a God. The idea of God doesn't exist as a creator or a destroyer, but a perfected being, and there is a myriad of beings who represent this. Now being so, this doesn't take away from the fact, that God does indeed exist. Tīrthaṅkaras dwell exclusively within the realm of their Soul, and are entirely free of kashayas, inner passions, and personal desires. The most amazing part of this, is that being entirely in there soul, which everyone has btw, they realized truth can only be found within themselves.
+IconicTube ummm you're mostly correct but, Hemant is right we don't believe in a god, or a supreme being, but we do believe that we have the ability to become a god, through liberation, the tirthankars are our deiteies who help guide us to the path of liberation
All this time I can't believe that I didn't know Hemant Mehta grew up Jainist. I too have no problem with Jainism because it does not lead to violence.
no. Fundamentally, some core ideas are same, but there are many differences. Actually, some say that Jainism is not a religion but a way of life. Major difference is that in Jainism anyone can become (attain) Moksha (enlightenment/Nirvana) that is getting out of the cycle of life and death (reincarnation). But in Buddhism, there is only one, Gautam Buddha. Jainism goes way older than any other religion.
Karan Shah wut i know is the buddha do teach of cleansing previous bad karma and become enlightened but most buddhist brought in the tradition of worshipping the idols instead of teaching the word of the buddha(4 noble truth).Jainism on the other hand has more teaching than worshipping.
Runnasuia ismael true. Jainism says that karma can't be cleansed/changed in present life cycle. Once u got bad karma, u have to live with it. It gets attached to your soul till u reincarnate. Body is just the vessel. Buddhism doesn't have concept of soul. I am an amateur in Jainism as it is very very vast. The speaker is not well informed too. There are texts which gives all literature on Jainism which he's unaware of.
Yeah u might find few things which are not that reasonable and logical but other that Jainism has the most logical explanation and most logical philosophies.
Saw this vid years ago. Still wanted to have some spirituality so was drawn to Buddhism but recently came to the same realisation that it's another man made religion
Jainism is an off-shoot of Hinduism, just like other Indian religions, Buddhism & Sikhism. But since they are recognised as separate religions now, most adherents of all these religions don't like their faith being called an off-shoot. If you study their philosophy, they share the same concepts of Dharma, Karma, Moksha, re-incarnation etc with Hinduism.
Ms Sandhu Ms Sandhu Jainism is an independent religion and had existed before Vedas where written. Proof of it is that there is reference of tirthankars in Vedas which where written 4000 years ago.
Ms Sandhu jainism is not an offshoot. get your facts straight. Hindus belief in god as creator destroyer. as does other religions, which begs the question, why would god give you more than/less than your neighbor, if god is meant to love each equally? Jains belief your soul has potential to beome god itself, and that there are no gods in jainism, but tirhthankars who "show the way" to salvation. don't kid yourself by believing jainism is an offshoot of hinduism.
g shah There are atheistic schools in Hinduism as well. Also, Hinduism & Jainism share MANY (not ALL) concepts such as Karma, Dharma, Moksha etc. Differences in interpretations of these concepts is found in different sects of Hinduism too. As I already said, Jains & Sikhs do not want to identify themselves as related to Hinduism. Nothing wrong with that, its their choice.
Ms Sandhu 1. there is no religion named hinduism. its name given by outsiders because they confuse the cultural similarity amongst the people of india as one religion. 2. Jainism was founded well before vedas where written. Vedas mentions many Jain tirthankars including aadinath (not shiva but 1st jain tirthankara), shantinath, aristhnemi (neminath, cousin of Krishna). Since last two tirthankaras (parshwanath and maharveer swami) where born after Vedas where written, we do not find their mention in vedas but they are very well archeologically proven to exist. So you see Jainism is not an off shoot of a sudo religion (Hinduism) like you believe. THere was vedic and shamanic tradition. Jains belong to shamanic tradition. 3. Just because they use same terminology, doesnt mean they are same things. Buddhism doesnt believe in Souls at all. Jain moksha is diff from that of Vedic or Buddhist. Dont confuse them. Its not just different interpretation, their very nature and existence is debated. 4. Even Dr. Radha Krishnan and Swami Vivekanand said that Jainism is separate religion. So did Sankaracharya. We dont have any problems of being called Hindu because it is our cultural identity. Dont confuse it as religious belief. Jains have always strived to be with Hindus we all are Hindus. It is concept of anekantvad that lets us maintain peace and respect each other.
+fatheramo “fatheramo1” doe wow great question, in Jainism we have four gathies or realms, i guess, i don't how to describe what the word means but the gathies are 1)human beings, 2) animals and plants, 3) hellish beings, and 4) heavenly beings. Normal Jain who aren't monks or nuns are called laypeople and if they follow the relgion like it is said to be they are reincarnated in heaven or as a human again, monks and nuns usually attain liberation (but only in the third and forth ara, different story but whatev)go to heaven or became reincarnated as a human, and really really bad people who were serial killers, or robbers, or criminals will most likely go to hell, and people kinda in the middle who werent really good or really bad become animals/plants.
so what do you want to say? monkeys are those who eat animals,a wise human will never eat animals. we should not use pesticides and rodenticide as much as possible. we should use biological methods to control them.
The philosophy of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in terms of non-violence and peace and not harming other living creatures is sound. Just I am skeptical to the mythology and supernatural claims they make.
no its not true jainesm never said it people are creating such law for their conveneans becouse if its true then it was easy for lord mahaveer to fight with lion and lord parasnath with karmat monster but they have durn nothing even lion was eating lord mahaveer and karmat was throwing ston on parasnath they wear 1000 times stronger then them but have not used their power i think my friend some one have mis guided you
Jainism values life. In any and every form. That's why it promotes non violence. But that doesn't mean that you would let other kill you and not defend yourself.for life is precious.
***** Agree to your statement brother, but, jainism never described anywhere that "one is not supposed to defend himself/herself". Jainism in this very basic core concepts describes that a layman who is following Jainism is supposed to save their monks, temples, religion and themselves. People who do not understand this concept or who want to give irrelevant logic, say that "Non-Violence of Jainism does not allow anyone to save themself". But I do not understand why do we justify our scriptures and their unique words.. These "Idiots" will keep on barking. Why should we (JAIN) care of them
I can find no rational or scientific reason to believe in karma. What possible evidence is there for it? Yet I feel compelled to believe in it. I know that there is no "why" for our being here, or indeed why there is something rather than nothing. Perhaps there's something in our hard wiring that compels us to seek purpose where there is none, an evolutionary artefact.
Karma is nothing more than a reaction to what you do. In a nutshell, even the reactions from other people to your actions are karma. Consider it like an underlying mechanism, wich is not equally balanced, but tend to swing to a side, when certain actions are performed over and over again. The best example i can think of, is the one i gave already with the drugs. Or maybe smoking. You smoke 4 packets a day, the balance of karma will more likely swing in the direction of cancer. Or if you drink 2 bottles of whisky everyday, the likelihood that your life will get "a little bit difficult", will increase. As i said, this is just a very basic example, its far more subtile, but i am somewhat convinced of its existence. But its not like mathgematics, its not 2+2=4, its more like a weather forecast, with too many variables to forecast exactly. I am sorry, but i am unable to explain it in a proper way in a foreign language.
I found ironic a while ago when I gave some money to a charity and they told me about karma, straight away I told them I don't believe in karma but they continue telling me how if I do good things good things will happen to me and what came to my mind was, do the people they are trying to help deserve cancer in their world view? I think they never thought about that small detail of karma...
Ernesto Nunez Because it doesnt work that way. Things happen, bad things, good things, if you think about it, without us humans to interprete, there is no good or bad there is just things that happen. Karma doesent mean that you get "punished" for something, therefor you get cancer. That would be a very childish concept.
Soundcomplex isn't karma the idea that people get outcomes depending on how they behave in life towards the rest of the world in general? good action = good outcomes and bad actions = bad outcomes, right? that's the way I always see the world karma used
Ernesto Nunez People believe many things, dont they? Most of these things have not much to do with reality. ^^ And this is a very careful way of saying that. But as with most expressions of these sorts, karma will also have slightly different meaning, depending who you are asking. I can only give you the one i perceived, and wich is real for me, as you should know that an absolute thruth is non existant. But however it is, if you ever have the chance, to make a long roadtrip, maybe several months, or even years. If you are free to go where ever you want to, then it is much more observable, and much more real, at least the feeling i had was much more stronger, when i was free to go whereever i wanted, and thus, all actions have much more direct impact. I am an Atheist, and i didnt quite believe those things, but after i thought about all that happened to me the last 60 years, it was kind of obvious, that some actions had undenying consequences. But i am not in a position to explain it better im afraid. Nevertheless, obviously it seemed to work, wether i believed in it or not, but of course, lets not forget that our brain is programmed to search for patterns and similarities, so, who knows?
2500 years ago Tirthankar Mahavira stated that plants have life.Not many believed in him.but when science said that same thing,everyone believed so.Lord Mahavira said that that after 2000 years there will be super fast transportation and communication. proved today.Yes he believed and told that reincarnation is actually a thing and u can know all about it if u are able to dig in your soul through meditation.Listen what ever your name is,u just have half of the knowledge take up some jain books give them a shot and then brag.
I'm trying to understand Jainism and the part you mentioned about plants having life, is that is so what do Jains eat exactly? I heard they only eat certain plants like potatoes ?
Richard Dawkin Holy BIble : Cosmos Chapter 56 verse 2 : and they say [ The Jains] ''This is of Atheism, that we bring to you, as a religion'' But Woe to them, they contradict the very meaning of it.
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Jainism is always what I think of when people claim that atheism is a religion. Atheism is a religious position, and it's actually part of some forms of Buddhism and Jainism. The absence of belief in gods is a religious position, but it isn't enough to define a religion entirely.
Hi Hemant, Was an Atheist. moved back to jainism/hindusim. You say there is no proof of Karma or reincarnation ? Yet there is evidence .. you just need to be open about exploring it first. Regards Kj
3:00, same will happen to India if we also keep calling Hinduism a religion, what is a philosophy should not compare with religions. IT seems this guy is a fool who felt inferior in front of majority of Christians in the USA who might mock him for not being part of Abrahamic religion.
I'm not sure about the other 23 Tirtankaras, because we really only scratched Jainism in my World Religions class, unfortunately, but the Mahavira sounded like a pretty cool guy. Even if you don't believe the stuff about him not kicking his mother while still in the womb, which I don't, at least he lived a life of peace once born.
Jains are really amazing.
I really like the idea of Jainism. If there is any religion that I actually like and think that would be positive for people in general it is hands down Jainism. (btw I'm not a Jain myself, I'm just sharing my view on it)
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I did wonder why is it that women have to cover up and men don't, but considering that all religions have some hypocrisy I assume this is the one for jainism. I just found some of their concepts interesting but I guess it is not perfect as an ideology..
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Dear Hemant Mehta:
When you talk about Jainism, you should definitly mention not only AHIMSA (nonviolence) but the other principle too, wich is ANEKANTAVAD. (no absolute truth)
Both of those combined really make Jainism so interesting.
And no, i am not a Jain, i am an atheist.
But should someone point a gun at me, and i would be forced to choose a religion, i guess it would be Jainism. *May that day never come*
Buddhism is also there
he is just fasinated with being atheist that he wd nt knw what aneka ntvad iss..wd he he even knw about what jeev ,pudgal ,akash,kaal dharm adharam...
@@divysurana2122 yes bro 100%, I have read it also in Vedas there is the theory of big bang too, in which it says that the universe started from a bindu and expanded further.
@@dhananjayvasudeva7628 Yes, buddhism is also good.
Being a Jain I totally approve what Hemant told and we worship those 24 Tīrthaṅkaras not as a creator or a destroyer, but a perfected being and also no matter if the concept of karma and reincarnation is real or fake but it actually is forcing people to be good and stay away from hurting anyone and keep doing good deeds so its for the betterment of world. :)
+Harsh jain I'm just now finding out about Jainism. Here's the part about that, that's troubling me. If the core philosophy of being a Jain is to be non-violent, why not just leave it at that? Why does the fear of Karma being on the brain before doing something good or looking away towards a possible violent act the first mental thought? Why not do good and not be violent simply because those are the key elements of being non-violent? Why not that belief be "I am a non-violent person NOT because I believe in Karma, but because I ACTUALLY don't want to be violent." Seems more promising that way.
Deepesh Pagariya Shut the fuck up and learn how to fucking spell before you fucking post.
***** Hey thanks a lot Mr. Bond! I really enjoy your movies. Lol... No, but seriously, thanks a lot. That's very informative. I think it's human nature to change things. Especially things that best suit their perception. And since so many people view things differently, it's only natural every solid structure comes crashing down with new ideas that contradict the whole bloody thing.
@chris in Jainism every principle mentioned is as it is. They would tell what bad karma is and what is their effect but while we are living and breathing it is killing thousands of beings (insects ...) But that doesn't mean we should stop living.
The idea is to state every principle as it is and not for the fear. The gurus tell that even doing regular chores of life is harming beings, then should that mean we should kill ourselves and follow ultimate non violence and stop living ?
No , we all know the importance of living but does that mean we are not adding it to our bad karma?
No , our bad karma is increasing.
But we must do what is necessary and this you must decide what is necessary and what is not.
So Jainism mentions it's believe as it is, there are no workarounds if you do something you are responsible for it.
Chris Wellz let me explain it to u this way ,
Jainism's ultimate purpose is to be free from cycle of birth n death ( achieve moksha) so i assume u meant why not just do this not because karma but becoz u want nonviolence
Thing is they are interconnected
Assume if u are put on chess board(life)
And ur aim is to cross to other side of board(moksha) but black pieces are violence+everyother thing that doesnt let u reach it and push u back while white peices are way to go
Now u can reach otherside (moksha) 2ways
1)only seeing white pieces(nonviolence/good etc)100% as if black pieces never existed ,assuming ur good kinda superhuman who isnt socialized and want to do good --- i hope uasked why not think this
2)2nd way is while followimg white path ,keep watching black pieces just so not to step on it (managing karma if u will) but now as we live amomg humans not superhumans ,100%pure way cant be followed thusby keep countimg karma u make sure u step on more white pieces than black in a way that slowly move u forward towards moksha ( assuming u steped 5 whites and miss stepped 1 balck and got pushed back 2 tiles for it still doing more whites push u forward)
Both ways achieve u moksha but being human in this world u will step on black tiles evenctually thus by managing karma umake sure u are n positive+
Thats why they talk and think about karma ,not because they dont want to be good but while doing so they can make up for what bad they did.
I only hope it answer ur que
I wasn't born a Jain or a Vegan, but Jainism has turned me Vegan; and made me to atleast sometimes consider the consequences of my actions.
Btw I am not a Jain for the similar reasons being referred in this video.
However, there is documentation
Jainism is vegetarian not vegan. Jains consume milk and other animal product.
As a vegan I approve of this religion xD haha but seriously respect to all nonviolent religions like jainism and buddhism, even though I'm an atheist
if every person adopt jainesm then no need to go for heven we can make earth better then heven
@A K lel
I am Jain too and truly believe the teachings feels very positive and nice to follow things which my parents did somehow also feel it's all right way to live like eating before sunset and getting up early and eating after sunrise it's healthy as far as not eating certain vegetable I am not very convinced and eat all vegetarian food also I like to go to the temple pray sing and give very nice vibes also meeting people celebrating mahavir janam I enjoyed it all
Fasting I couldn't do in my life but no one force me to do as well so I think Jainism is only religion which is not pressure you to do its just your wish really how you like to be and follow
I truly believe be human first then all comes later
Humanism is the most important religion ever
I just met a Guru who is Jain and I had no idea what Jainism was. Now I've done some research and your video was helpful too. I have come to a conclusion that Jainism can be a wonderful lifestyle (if not taken to extreme). It's quite sad that Western countries know so little about Jainism though..
Yes You re rite kallutibu Western countries know so little about jainism because of its severe principles which are hard to be followed. RATHER THIS RELIGION HAS SCIENTIFIC PROVES FOR THE PRINCIPLES IT TEACHES. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW KINGS IN INDIA WHO FOLLOWED JAINISM AND THEY TOO TOOK PENANCE AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES.A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE GREAT MAURYAN KING,CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA....I FEEL REALLY SAD THAT SUCH GREAT PREACHINGS HAVE NOT REACHED ALL THE PEOPLE....
Chetan Jain yes i agree. i am currently reading this book: siddhayatan.org/product/chakra-awakening-the-lost-techniques/ .would recommend it to everyone who is interested about Tirthankaras, Jainism, spirituality
Chetan Jain So true Chetan.
as far as a nicer world to live in Jainism is the best way to think hands down.
best religion ever existed based on working on our own self to make this life peaceful and compassionate. i dont know god is there or not but everybody wants peace of mind.,which practising jainism provide. i have chosen this religion over others
I'm a christian but I find you very kind and it was a pleasure to listen to you in this video! :)
Jesus is the only True God
Abhishek Chakraborty You are so wrong on that.
@@abhishekchakraborty6492 and who are you to decide? 😂
I like Jainism. I think if people can become less violent and more compassionate to all life, the world would be a much better place to live, right here and now. I also think if people were vegetarian, or even better vegan, it would be better for the animals, more hungry people could be fed the grain used to feed the animals for meat, and there would be a drastic reduction in the greenhouse gas, methane. I think we should borrow these ideas from Jainism on a secular level. It would be better for people, animals and the planet. Right now, we only have this planet.
A man who cannot pronounce his first name properly is passing judgement on a philosophy which he learnt primarily from Sam Harris instead of the Agama shastras ... hmmm !!!
I learned something new. I never heard of Jainism before until listening to you. Thanks again for the great knowledge:)
Jainism is less of a Religion, & more Spirituality !
samay jain this guy doesn’t know anything
Still a religion.
SuomuSintti oh.... sweet summerchild
@FILOSOFIA & METAFISICA It doesn't matter
@FILOSOFIA & METAFISICA To me too
I am not Jain myself but this the best religion in the world
Well cheap publicity stating degrading religion, if you were born in jainism you better had done some meditation and read the jain scriptures like tattvartha sutra, there is lot of scriptures available that might help you open your consciousness, but then you have to make effort which I am sure casual person like you can never do, if you read what Mahavira had stated which is documented some 600 years you will know how deep the meanings are but anyways you would remain ignorant through your life it seems, hope your consciousness wake up early otherwise you will have to wait for another century to get some realization, best of luck.
Well, as a Buddhist I'm pretty much ok with Jainism, even more than with Hinduism, especially with Nirishvaravada which is an atheist sect inside Hinduism. Nothing is worse than abrahamic stuff for me. Btw talking about abrahamic religions I don't share the view that Islam is much worse than Christianity or Judaism. Three of them are just as crazy, dangerous and violent in their potential.
I am atheist..but I love my jain Indian friends...jains are really nice people...
Just 1 request to all of you!!
Regardless of your religion,don't eat non vegetarian food, those innocent living beings haven't done a thing to you, so why eat them!!!!
I think I want to convert to Jainism.
+Daemon O'Brien What a great thought!!
Please, don't.
Please, make your own life choices
+le tiggo Why do you say not to?
Being a pacifist in a world of murderous theocrats puts your fate in the hands of people who owe you nothing.
Given the current state of the world it makes you little more than an ostrich.
Bro....it's been YEARS since any new stuff. Where did you go?
Ever since I learned about Jainism a few years ago, I decided that if I were to become religious that I would become a Jain.
I'm 10 and already knew all this because I went to Jain school since I was 5 and still go
Jainism is beautiful and scientific, it believes that universe is eternal and neither can be created nor destroyed but can change the forms. Similar way living energy within ones body can just change the form, but can't be destroyed. Body is just matter and is left behind once life term is completed. I recommend reading Jain literature to understand its philosophy, I am sure, after reading literatures you wouldn't term the philosophy as 'story'. There are enough historical evidences for existence of 23rd and 24th thethankars.
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I get proud because I was jain you also tried jainism मुझे जैन होने पर गव्र है
Just got done covering Jainism in my Intro to World Religions class. Really a beautiful school of thought. I was really struck by the nonviolence and absolute honesty they espouse.
Excellent introduction to the faith, thank you. I have a buddhist background and see many similarities in these two religions. Non violence should be taught in schools from the beginning, it's obvious that it can only benefit all of mankind.
Gautam Buddha was also Jain monk but he thought it was hard so started buddhism.. correct me if I'm wrong okay?
@@UditplayzWHAT I think no
yea i'm a buddhist. the non violence and compassion for other beings is a huge part of the philosophy
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Greetings Hemant:
Have a question for you, if you find an opportunity to respond I would be exceedingly grateful, like a deity who has just received his favorite form of sacrifice!
This is not prompted by any sort of belief- so please have no fear of offending me. I am curious how you would respond to
the assertion that "karma" is merely a form of Newton's 3rd law of motion (for every action, there's an equal & opposite reaction.) I realize that this may sound strange, but if matter = energy (relatively, or conceptually), and according to general
"common sense," its quite normal to hear things like "what goes around, comes around;" and "you reap what you sow."
I am not a "believer" in karma, its not that I'm trying to validate (or disprove it.) I'm just curious about your take on the assertion (which I have heard) that "karma" isn't a spiritual law at all, but simply a natural one. Thanks.
Karma depends on luck. Sometimes murderers get away with their murders, and sometimes the innocent people are put in jail.
Mr95044 Well, sort of, but "luck" is just another "magic" word like "karma."
For the purposes of what I was asking, they are not much different. "Bad luck" "usually" follows a murderer, unless they work for the CIA and have a good cover story.
Horatio Trismegistus
I agree, so karma and luck are the result of the circumstance. The circumstance controls whether or not someone gets good or bad karma or nothing at all.
Mr95044 Not exactly. Luck is totally random. The idea of karma is not totally random but it is not as clear cut as
gravity for beings who live on the surface of
the Earth. I was talking about karma as a concept, a tendency to be found in
"patterns of organic energy" which is the
reality we live in. Not the same as "chance" which is really what "luck" means.
Horatio Trismegistus I believe that everything is predetermined, so when I was talking about luck I meant luck as in not knowing every factor. I don't believe in karma but I do believe in cause and effect. I think the difference between the 2 is that with karma you are expecting one specific effect whereas cause and effect can have a different effect than expected.
I came across this video seems interesting with d title as i am jain by birth...
One thing and the most important one which is wrongly mentioned here is 24 TIRTHANKAR reincarnated themselves again and again....well when you break the circle of life and death then only you became Tirthankar.... In simple words which means "no reincarnation" after you become tirthankar. I am proud to follow a belief which makes me a better human and the only religion which never says god will punish you if you will not follow him.
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Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise!
We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars!
But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, "Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you." [note 1]
Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel!
And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit!
The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth!
Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives?
And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people!
So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine!
For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever!
Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment!
And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man!
Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in the words of Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!
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...I know I'm not the only one who killed Heimskr just to shut him up.
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There is archeological evidence about the existence of Lord Parsvanath (23rd tirthankara) and Lord Mahavir (24th tirthankara).
in reality jainesm is only religion rest are man made
@@jainronak4935 true.. Non violence is eternal and natural
Heman, if not mentioned previously, I use this video in a couple of my classes for a variety of circumstances. Thank you very much for posting this video!
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Thank you Hemant for sharing...
dear you might read the stories of past of jainism read other stuff , those are more interesting and logical ! thank you
guyes in mumbai population of jain is 0.5% and only jain pay 48% tax of mumbai this shows how logical we are
It's just proves that Jains are awesome businessmen
I can't actually click the "click here" thing for the next video. It's too low down and is covered by the progress bar and if not that then the volume and play buttons. Just thought you should know.
jains are so calm. they bring down the tension in any room. atheist or not, I don't care. jains make everything better.
On the wikipedia webpage there's something that sounds like relativism. Is that just one branch?
U should read utaradhyayan sutra to discover the brilliance of Jainism and it's philosophy which is unquestionable, although what we see today is mostly distorted part of the religion. But excellency still prevails,
hey u read that book? can you find me english version of it?
You know, I could roll with Jainism. Most of the Jainist ideas you mentioned I'm cool with. Well, except the whole abortion law thing.
Hemant, you were a vegetarian growing up? So you aren't a vegetarian anymore? You should think about that. I am an atheist vegan, in fact, a huge amount of vegans are atheists- if you look at the evidence, most studies are showing that veganism is better for your health, has less harmful effects on the environment, can allow us to better deal with hunger in both first and third world nations... without even starting on animal rights, and the fact that it is not necessary at all for animals to suffer for us.
Good one :D
Most atheists aren't vegan
+Reece Black I never said they were? I said many vegans are atheists, not many atheists are vegan.
+Reece Black look up the interview between Richard Dawkins and peter Singer. Dawkins had no justification for his lifestyle and said that he should be vegan, but culture and tradition were holding him back.
John Pearson veganism is not better for public health
keep in mind how much cows affect global warming
I study religions and I find your account of Jainism very superficial.
lol, you say that but then don't elaborate. Who was that statement for? yourself?
Aaron L Academically speaking, your terminology is very inaccurate. Anyone using statements like "Just another stupid religion" (I am quoting from memory) is not interesting in discussing but in proselytising. I am not religious myself, but I study religion (my specialisation is Buddhism) and I treat any religious experience with respect. You would never hear an anthropologist calling a culture "Just another stupid culture". I think that by trivialising the subject you make a disservice to atheism itself turning into any other form of fanaticism.
lonedevil You're completely misunderstanding him...He said it would sound like just another stupid religion to anyone else, as in everyone thinks their religion is special, and everyone else's is silly. And you're ignoring the fact that he isn't claiming to be an expert, and he is an atheist, so he probably (rightly) thinks (knows) ALL religions are silly.
And don't give me that bullshit that anthropologists treat all cultures with respect, because they SAY do...and they really shouldn't. Not all cultures are equal, so lets get that bullshit out of our heads as well.
I don't like the way you spelled find.
Your studies are rubbing off on you. You make claims without evidence/proof.
Bro...you are using very basic logic to examine this marvelous philosophy.
I am not sure if this is a dumb question but when you were talking about what Jainism believe you stated that they believe in heaven and hell but they also believe in reincarnation. In their beliefs and several others that I have studied, how can they believe in both? When I was in India talking to people of many religions and they really could not explain it to me where it would make since.
Not at all a dumb question. In Hinduism, places resembling Christian heaven & hell are 2 of the 14 lokas (planes of existence). Out of the 14 lokas, 7 are high-level (closer to Brahman- ie the Supreme Being), 7 low level. Each of these lokas already have deities (gods, demi-gods, devas) that live in or rule these lokas. These are not places where soul stays eternally (unlike in Christian heaven) but are temporary abodes between cycles of re-incarnation. Final pursuit is Moksha, that is, liberation from the cycle of re-birth and oneness with Brahman.
+Megan Hawk If you want to know more about reincarnation in Jainism and Jainism in general, you can refer BBC website which has very nice and in-depth information about Jainism - www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/ .
Honey, you're not a former Jain, you're just plain american.
most eastern religions are agnostic. for example, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Dear Hemant Mehta,
Thank you for the very open, honest, and personal story you share with us about your understanding and former connection to the Jain religion. I am an atheist as well and was just wondering if you would recommend any particular books or sources for learning more about Jainism?
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
James
There's lot on Internet just Google u may find pdf text to be downloaded
hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/What-Jains-Do-Not-Tell-About-Jainism these are very good pages there aree more pages u can visit
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Well, it's all about your beliefs and piousness. I am a Jain and I am proud about it. We believe in peace and not in violence. The reason I spoke about belief is because religion and holiness is something which comes out of our heart and not at a gun point. If you know what I mean.
Jain is quite similar to Buddhism, these are not really religion but more philosophy, knowledge & science!
It is more similar to Samkhya philosophy (one of 6 philosophies of Hinduism). They both are dual. There rival philosophies are non dual Advaita philosophy(another one of 6 philosophies of Hinduism) and Ajivika philosophy(Non Karmic philosophy). Buddhism is neither Dual nor Non dual. It believes in Anatta/Anatman(emptyness).
If you know.. gautum buddha was a preacher of jainism but he found it too tough to follow full jainsm and hence he made buddhism to go with modern times ..
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Do you no longer call yourself a Jain because of the karma-tirthankar-reincarnation parts or because of the whole philosophical system? You seem to imply that the non-violence concept may be a bad thing when it comes to informing decisions about abortion.
This is really interesting! Thank you ^^
I've always wondered what race Hemant is. He looks Polynesian/Hawaiian kind of. But the name Hemant Mehta seems more Middle Eastern/South Asian
Secular Steve India.
Tanmay Jain Are you sure? He REALLY doesn't look Indian. Definitely more like Polynesian or Maori. Maybe he's mixed race, I don't know
Secular Steve I am 100% sure. Being a jain myself. I can tell you that this religion is not being followed by Any other than Indians. Being small in numbers Jainism is quite impressive since we have 100% Literacy rate and 0 homeless people. Its easier to manage a small population. Having tough lifestyle is the main cause behind such a small number.
+Secular Steve No, I agree he does not look Indian at all. More Polynesian like you said. The name is though. I remember his saying in some other video that he practiced Islam, but It's really hard to find because he never brings in his personal life. It's possible he converted to Islam. I can't find the vid, but I really am quite sure he said it somewhere.
+Tanmay Some people of other races have converted to Jainism so the religion is not a 100% indian.
Everything I have read about Jainism says that God (as a creator) is not a Jain belief. I don't know why there are jains that say they believe in god. I became a vegan about 3.5 years ago. I tried Jain meditation and I found that particularly peaceful. I otherwise listen to various hindu, buddhist and jain mantra, sometimes over water. I don't understand the negativity about this. It feels way more peaceful than christian or Islam. But then again I perhaps wasn't informed about the belief that westerners might find irritatingly similiar to christian....
The spirituality of some people works like this: You are curious about people and their spirituality. You learn and adapt all, what appeals to you. And that's why Jain-People can believe in a creator. - I mean, I don't know them and I will read more about it later ^^ but if they don't despise this idea, why shouldn't they adapt it? - As a paganist I know that some pagan beliefs are like "Yahweh is crap and Odin is the god I respect." And this is mostly because they despise christians for some reasons and don't want to be like them. But in some pagan beliefs, if you dive deeper, there is often a creative force... and if you want to explain this to a christian, that would be like: "well you call it god." The difference between yahweh and the creative force is btw. that the creative force doesn't want activly being worshiped, it doesn't punish or reward in the afterlife and so on... it simply is, like the universe simply is. And that's how I would explain a buddist this creative force: you simply call it the universe ;-) (not claiming to know much about buddhism)
Alexander Ringler My knowledge of Jainism is limited, but god as creator, sustainer or destroyer of universe is not a Jain belief.
From what I have read is that is because most belief in god removes the cause-effect of karma. That god(s) can do what (s)he wants, and makes up any arbitrary rules. Some of which results in harm to people and to animals, physical, emotional etc...
The concept of god(s) often is to come up short of a liberated soul, one free from anger, envy, sensuality, selfishness, as such its not worthy of worship.
At the same time, it cannot be denied that religion in general often instills discipline, and ahimsa and compassion to various degrees. Spiritual progress can be obtained even in atheism if it includes moral attributes.
thanks, that sounds reasonable
MrJamesBecca God is there in Jain belief. As per belief, anyone who finishes off its karmas, knows about himself, reaches to the soul by the samyak knowledge, character and sight, anyone can be a God... However there are 24 gods (great personalities) in jainism
naman jain God means creator of this universe as well as creator of any other universes if they exist. Jains do not believe in creator God. Read your books yourself instead of listening from other people. 24 thirthankars are enlightened ones.
being a jain requires you to meditate or being mindful.
while meditating you'll somewhat start experiencing that you are a slave of your karma (actions that you did and are doing at present). whatever you are thinking now is based upon what you thought before now (this is actually the reaction of your previous actions or in india we express it as Fruits of our own Karma) and as we know that whatever we do is driven by whatever we think hence our present actions are reactions of our previous actions. so this is the actual concept of fruits of karma.
this concept is not imposed on anybody this is a universal law which is followed uniformly by every living being be it plants or animals or insects or microbes. ofcourse the amount of karma generated by different organisms is different and according to jain texts which may be wrong the amount of karma generated by an organism depends upon the number of senses that organism has (senses like seeing, hearing etc) like snakes can't hear so they'll generate a lesser amount of karma in their life than a human but at the same time it doesn't have the attribute to reflect upon its own actions (which in india is called 'ANTARDRISHTI' OR 'DARSHAN' ) So they will be farther away from being enlightened ( which in india is called 'SIDDHA PURUSHA' ). the soul of snake will have to reincarnate in accordance to the fruits of its karma until it gets reincarnated in the avatar of an intelligent being (an intelligent being can reflect upon its actions) and if this intelligent being starts meditating (or starts doing any similar action through which it can reflect upon its actions and at the same time experience the reactions of those previous actions without generating new actions I.e. with being neutral to those reactions he experiences) will that soul reach its destination of being enlightened (or achieving 'NIRVANA'). and every soul is destined to achieve this state (mind you that a soul is infinite and the number souls in the universe is also infinite. every mathematical concept of infinity can apply to soul. hence this cycle is never going to stop.) but the infiniteness of soul can not be experienced by a sentient being unless he starts paying heed to his soul or stats paying heed to his body and mind (or in simple words starts meditating) and hence the sentient being experiences pain in situations which his mind interprets to be painful and happiness in situations whiche his mind interprets to be joyful. in reality those are just situations not painful not joyful and being that experiences infiniteness of soul will not have emotions of happiness in joyful moments and emotions of sadness in painful moments.
jainism does have concept of heaven and hell but they are physically reachable like for soul which does bad will experience hell when it reincarnates in the form of a lesser powerful creature being lesser powerful would make it vulnerable to anything which is more powerful than it and it will be violated and exploited. and a soul which does good will experience a higher level of heaven when it gets reincarnated in the form of a more powerful being. hence you see in jainism 7 levels of hell and 7 levels of heaven and above all these levels is the realm of SIDDHA PURUSHA where pure souls reside all of these levels are here in the universe the spiritual and physical both lie at the same place and superimpose each other that's why physical bodies have spirits but physical bodies can't access the spiritual world and the spiritual world has access to the physical world. the free spirits never interfere with the physical world because they don't have any kind of desire left in them and also because that will make them do an action or KARMA which will again attache them to the physical world and they'll again have to go through the processes of life.
the number of enlightened people is not limited to only the 24 tirthankars. every tirthankar has said that infinite SIDDHA PURUSHA have come before me and infinite more will come after me. also Gautam Buddha was a SIDDHA PURUSHA as well.
So this is all the knowledge of jainism that I know until now. it's for those who wish to know more about this philosophy. Some would say jainism is atheistic and some would say it is pantheistic I think it's a mix of both. and almost all of it seems logical to me I've meditated also and have a tiny amount experience i know with that amount of experience I cannot say that it is true yet it seems logical to me only and rhatd only because I've been raised in this philosophy. but I will meditate myself to find out if all of this is true or not.
Thank you for ✍️ this.. I am not jain butcontemplating becoming one
I'm surprised you haven't got any Jain death threats. Come at me Jains.
Death threats go against their core beliefs. I thought you would get that.
Ms Sandhu
I thought people would get the irony.
***** Its sometimes very hard to know :) There are people who would post a comment like this not in humor but seriously.
Ms Sandhu
Yes :) That's what makes me use irony in the first place.
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We like to believe its humor, but after following several post i realize most of times people are just plain stupid :P
SO THEN IN CALCULATIONS OF YOUR OWN BELIEF, IS IT CORRECT TO SAY A STRONG BELIEF IN CONVENIENCE?
That is religion of peace
Philosophy of Jainism is not about not killing anyone. Its not possible. It is only about avoiding to extent you can i.e avoiding violence which are completely unnecessary and also not being proud or happy about other violence which you have to commit. Also one has to strive to be as non-violent as you can . Violence in Jainism is not just about killing anyone. It is also about not feeling angry or hatred for anyone. Not thinking or speaking or doing anything bad for anyone.
Also about food, Jains decide what to eat and what not to, depends on study of Jiv-vichar which is a book which talks about what all types of living being exist in universe, their type, how they are born, in which conditions they tend to form, no of senses they have (humans have 5 senses).
So food of jains depends on
Bhakshya: which can be eaten
Abhakshya: Which should not be eaten (like poison or other stuff which is not gud for health)
Also it depends on following:
1. what kind of living being needs to be killed. for killing living being of more senses like human or animals is more cruel that killing animals of single sense like bacteria or plants as you require more cruelty for doing so
2. how painful it will be for it, make sure you kill them in least painful way.
3. how many living being dies,
4. What changes does that food bring in us. i.e does it kill me, or does it cause me illness, or does it increase hormones which can be responsible for aggression, etc
Jains very well knew about bacterias and other stuff which is already mentioned in this old scriptures.
Also Mahaveer, Parshwanath and Neminath are archeologically proven human beings (being king of their kingdoms). There is enough proven evidence of their existence found in rock edicts, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures apart from Jain religious books.
It is very scientific religion. Its just ignorance of people who really didn't have deep study of religion. There are no moral or religious law, just natural laws in Jainism which applies to all, even Tirthankaras just like gravity.
You said you were a vegetarian. May I ask what was your reason for giving it up?
Madhur Patel because jain don't eat potato and onion.
we are so lucky we brought up in dharmic religions . no apostrophies , no force conversion , we can be atheist .
actually because most of the people don't want to be non violent because then they have to be vegetarian. but everyone who is not jain should also be non violent. because an innocent animal suffers lots of pain when they are killed for the enjoyment of people. every human being should be kind not only towards the other human being but also towards innocent animals.
actually you should go in some depth of jainism. lord mahavir who was 24th thirthankar (not just a story) said that AHINSAA PARMO DHARM means NONVIOLENCE IS THE GREATEST RELIGION. He said that we should be vegetarian and should cause least harm to the other living beings and nature.
Although plants have life so some people say that if you eat plants than also you are killing the living beings so how can someone who eat plants is Non violent..?
Lord Mahaveer said that because animals have 5 senses and they can feel and sense the enormous pain when you kill them to eat. but plants can't feel and sense the pain when we take vegetables from them. It is scientifically proved Unlike the animals Plants have lack of nervous system and Brain so they can never sense and feel the pain. so it's non violent act to eat the vegetables, fruits. refer the link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_perception_%28paranormal%29 JAI JINENDRA, BE KIND, LIVE AND LET LIVE.... :-)
+Mohit Jain Could you give me a reliable source of info about Jainism? I'm vegan (obviously) and was wondering of the differences between the Essenes (who I 100% subscribe to beliefs) and Jains. Thanks.
ORIGINAL Lone Wolf Vegan Warrior reliable source you will find only in jain temple.
internet is not reliable
I love your considered and erudite comments. I’’m quite new to your views and I have always been a none believer.. Neither my parents nor grandparents ever indoctrinated me to religion. I write because you asked what would you Ike me to make a video about. Well I am fully aware oof your opinion on religion, so I would like to hear your considered opinion on the books of Zechariah Sitchin and Michael Tellinger. They write at length about the real origins of all religions.. Thank you for your consideration. Tschüss Leo
Thanks for this. I never heard of this religion before I saw it on your Wikipedia bio, but hadn't yet looked up what it was. Then this popped on my UA-cam feed (because Google does that).
I've been enjoying your videos the past few days.
So...you can't eat pork, shellfish or work on Saturday?
Get knowledge about jainism first before making a video brother, because the things you've said in your video show how much little knowledge you have of jainism. You should start reading jainism literature rather than hearing to some person's view. Start with Samaysaar.
We seriously object your thoughts learn something before comments shame on you
@@vasanthraj1093 Do u know alot about jainism? I need help with my exams? Please just answer this comment, and i will ask you a few questions
@@xl-afropotato9816 the k owledge about jainism is large had you understand the basics you can definetly become a human being
@@vasanthraj1093 huh? Please answer this question: Are there any myths in jainism?
Half knowledge is dangerous, I was taught in school. Maybe ur few points are logic, but then there comes a point when logics fail and then faith prevails, even if it does for a second of time in life time, u r touched by that faith.
Jainism is like extreme budhism
Spartanunit117 And people call *Islam* the religion of peace.
Jaden Tapscott it's never did, one of the keypoint is muhammad is so far the only prophet that goes to war(He practically a bandit then become warlord) compared to the rest religion which already big no sign of peace.
***** As atheist I say Jainism and budhism are quite peaceful religion as they never support violence in the first place. Any one who are buddhist or jains and does violent have no backing from their own religion .
***** Guess we have something in common then! (I'm *also* an antitheist.) ;D
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The reason I say I love buddha and jains is both actually more like an ideology like confucianism and taoism. They basically does'nt even focus on deity like christian and islam do.
one of the things that I like about buddha is the founder of the religion itself is okay if there is mistake in his teaching you can actually correct him this is not happen in case of islam or christianity.
A simple reason why I say it's peaceful is because the religion it'self doesn't have any backing like verses in quran or Bible or even torah they were more into pacifism than violence. for this I say they more peaceful. Obviously a buddhist can be violent but violent one cannot say because it's written in sutra or etc.
the speaker stated his name as Hemens Smeta = sorry, that is the best i can do on the spelling
but
using that spelling....i can not find him on that blog..............www friendly atheist
only one question comes to mind.....do you believe in reincarnation?
it is possible to be an atheist and believe in reincarnation at the same time
+Fred Spinoff Hemant Mehta
LimeyTarts merci beaucoup
The biggest issue I have with Jains or vegetarian Hindus is their sense of superiority, which leads to discrimination against people who don't follow their belief. For example, Jains live in segregated apartment blocks where non vegetarians cannot live. Vegetarian Hindus have to perform a ritual bathing to wash of the sins if they touch a meat eater etc. I wish you had mentioned about it in the video.
As an ex-hindu, can confirm.
But they are superior, on a moral level. To state otherwise sounds a tad insecure.
That's what the Jains and Brahmins thought too. So they deemed the meat eaters as untouchables and discriminated against in education and work places. Does that sound morally superior?
Just see those 3 links and you will get your ans.
There are lacs of evidences of tirthankars in india, If you want to see, please come in india, I will tell in a deep that. " What jainism is actually..And what exactly mahaveer swami wanted to tell.
He spoke of there not being any God(s) in Jainism, then later goes on to say there are there '24' that supposedly reached nirvana. Umm..deities ARE gods! If you are so interested in truth, then why speak of contradictions? Or you just aren't nearly as bright as you perceive yourself to be?
Actually The man in the video, don't know the truth himself... He is totally confused. In Jainism, the soul of every living being is described as the real god. Those who are liberated are called pure-soul (Siddha), and they are the path-shower for others.. so, they are referred as GOD to pay homage. But, it is a very huge concept.
Akshay Patni What baffles me is that he often says in his videos that he will reply to comments. I have yet to see this. I personally have commented on a number of his videos and asked him questions, yet not one reply by him. He could at least be honest or to not mention that he will reply back. I guess only his views 'count' or are of value? And it's not an issue of time. I made these comments LONG ago. Oh well..he argues his case in his videos but he can't reply to peoples questions or refutations of what he has said? That sums it up to me that he is not open-minded at all. If he can go to so much trouble in making quality supposedly in-depth videos but he can't respond to the comments, it appears that he wants to reach out to naive people while ignoring people that have legitimate questions(which I doubt he has any good answers for).
MIKE DEWALT I completely agree with you. He doesn't know things but, he wants to prove his smartness, nothing much than that. People kinda like him, are the reason why others do not understand religion. Well, no issues... I always try to search youtube videos related to Jainism / Jain and try to reply meaningful questions because I don't want anyone to go into wrong perception atleast regarding JAINISM.
If you have any questions related to Jainism, Please write to me. I will try to reply them as soon as possible to the fullest of my knowledge.
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Akshay Patni I am a Christian but I am always game on learning about different religions. I recently studied about the claims of Mormonism(which are some wild claims with no evidence to back them up btw!) and am currently investigating the claims of Islam from the Qurán. Just recently found out a startling claim in the Qurán: it speaks about the People of the Book(Christians) and says that the Christians should not believe in "excess" regarding the New Testament. What was this excess belief? That the Christians should not believe in the Trinity(which the Qurán falsely thought was 3 separate gods..which no Christian has ever believed. But here's the kicker: It mentioned the Trinity as being - the Father, the Son and ....(drum roll please...MARY!! Wow! No Christian has EVER believed in Mary as being part of the Trinity! What is so intriguing about it? Mohammed claims he is simply the Messenger of God and that the Qurán is an eternal Book that was revealed on earth to Mohammed via the angel Gabriel. So the problem then? A Muslim would agree w/a Christian that God is All-Knowing, yet God did not know what a Christian believed to be the Trinity(Father, Son and Holy Spirit)? Obviously the Quráns claim of being a eternal holy book from God is therefore bogus then. The Qurán was made up by Mohammed obviously. Despite this huge error he made, over a billion Muslims still believe in the Qurán coming from God. To that I must shake my head. But interesting nonetheless! Sadly, Mohammed has not contributed much value to the world thru Islam. But it surely has brought much death and destruction, which is growing rapidly! ISIS is an evil that I have not seen in my lifetime and reminds me much of Hitler's regime in its atrocities and brutality. (Stalin and Pol Pot come to mind as well. But sure, feel free to share the basic belief system of Jainism if you so wish. That would be nice of you. Thanks in advance, Mike
24 tirthankars are not god they are just human who have won the war of karma ...................................just like teacher as we know teacher is not god but we respect them just like jain respect tirthankars.
So, Jainism is in my opinion one of the mature religions where you have to have faith instead of juggle for finding evidences and thats where most of the people fall behind is because they try to argue with intelligence. It is not any kind of a 'blind faith' but you realize its depth and truth once you try to understand it deeper and start practicing it in your life. You wont see the effects in like a day or two, but the result will definitely show once you start inhaling Jainism in and let it teach you. You will feel more yourself and at peace than you did before, trying to battle this with intelligence. It is an indirect feeling that you cant explain or put evidences for, but you feel it in you, and thats what Jainism is about. Its about the soul (faith) rather than mind (intelligence). No hate, just trying to explain it better
Hey Atheist voice, you couldn't be more wrong, actually jainism totally acknowledges a God. The idea of God doesn't exist as a creator or a destroyer, but a perfected being, and there is a myriad of beings who represent this. Now being so, this doesn't take away from the fact, that God does indeed exist. Tīrthaṅkaras dwell exclusively within the realm of their Soul, and are entirely free of kashayas, inner passions, and personal desires. The most amazing part of this, is that being entirely in there soul, which everyone has btw, they realized truth can only be found within themselves.
IconicTube Being a Jain I confirm this
+IconicTube ummm you're mostly correct but, Hemant is right we don't believe in a god, or a supreme being, but we do believe that we have the ability to become a god, through liberation, the tirthankars are our deiteies who help guide us to the path of liberation
All this time I can't believe that I didn't know Hemant Mehta grew up Jainist. I too have no problem with Jainism because it does not lead to violence.
Sikhism is also very peaceful
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What happens after death ?
Anshul Issar you reincarnate
isnt janism an extermist form(in a positive way) of buddhism lol
no. Fundamentally, some core ideas are same, but there are many differences. Actually, some say that Jainism is not a religion but a way of life.
Major difference is that in Jainism anyone can become (attain) Moksha (enlightenment/Nirvana) that is getting out of the cycle of life and death (reincarnation). But in Buddhism, there is only one, Gautam Buddha.
Jainism goes way older than any other religion.
Karan Shah wut i know is the buddha do teach of cleansing previous bad karma and become enlightened but most buddhist brought in the tradition of worshipping the idols instead of teaching the word of the buddha(4 noble truth).Jainism on the other hand has more teaching than worshipping.
Runnasuia ismael true. Jainism says that karma can't be cleansed/changed in present life cycle. Once u got bad karma, u have to live with it. It gets attached to your soul till u reincarnate. Body is just the vessel. Buddhism doesn't have concept of soul.
I am an amateur in Jainism as it is very very vast. The speaker is not well informed too. There are texts which gives all literature on Jainism which he's unaware of.
Karan Shah should i visit india to learn more about jainism?
+ishania deandrin ismael Yeah sure .. if u want to really know and have gr8 interesst in Jainism philosophy u shouls come.. u r invited
Yeah u might find few things which are not that reasonable and logical but other that Jainism has the most logical explanation and most logical philosophies.
Remember! True Jains cannot comment because if you did you would influence others with your thoughts :-) stay back and do not spoil your karma!
Preaching/explaining truth n karma is duty of every Jain. So dont worry Alexander
Shivsena Sena you're making your karma worse this moment
No we can Give our opinion !!!!!
Saw this vid years ago. Still wanted to have some spirituality so was drawn to Buddhism but recently came to the same realisation that it's another man made religion
Jainism sounds pretty binign, especially copared to the abrahamic religions.
Jainism is an off-shoot of Hinduism, just like other Indian religions, Buddhism & Sikhism. But since they are recognised as separate religions now, most adherents of all these religions don't like their faith being called an off-shoot. If you study their philosophy, they share the same concepts of Dharma, Karma, Moksha, re-incarnation etc with Hinduism.
Ms Sandhu
Ms Sandhu
Jainism is an independent religion and had existed before Vedas where written. Proof of it is that there is reference of tirthankars in Vedas which where written 4000 years ago.
Ms Sandhu
jainism is not an offshoot. get your facts straight. Hindus belief in god as creator destroyer. as does other religions, which begs the question, why would god give you more than/less than your neighbor, if god is meant to love each equally? Jains belief your soul has potential to beome god itself, and that there are no gods in jainism, but tirhthankars who "show the way" to salvation. don't kid yourself by believing jainism is an offshoot of hinduism.
g shah There are atheistic schools in Hinduism as well. Also, Hinduism & Jainism share MANY (not ALL) concepts such as Karma, Dharma, Moksha etc. Differences in interpretations of these concepts is found in different sects of Hinduism too. As I already said, Jains & Sikhs do not want to identify themselves as related to Hinduism. Nothing wrong with that, its their choice.
Ms Sandhu 1. there is no religion named hinduism. its name given by outsiders because they confuse the cultural similarity amongst the people of india as one religion.
2. Jainism was founded well before vedas where written. Vedas mentions many Jain tirthankars including aadinath (not shiva but 1st jain tirthankara), shantinath, aristhnemi (neminath, cousin of Krishna). Since last two tirthankaras (parshwanath and maharveer swami) where born after Vedas where written, we do not find their mention in vedas but they are very well archeologically proven to exist. So you see Jainism is not an off shoot of a sudo religion (Hinduism) like you believe. THere was vedic and shamanic tradition. Jains belong to shamanic tradition.
3. Just because they use same terminology, doesnt mean they are same things. Buddhism doesnt believe in Souls at all. Jain moksha is diff from that of Vedic or Buddhist. Dont confuse them. Its not just different interpretation, their very nature and existence is debated.
4. Even Dr. Radha Krishnan and Swami Vivekanand said that Jainism is separate religion. So did Sankaracharya. We dont have any problems of being called Hindu because it is our cultural identity. Dont confuse it as religious belief. Jains have always strived to be with Hindus we all are Hindus. It is concept of anekantvad that lets us maintain peace and respect each other.
I really like the Idea of Jainism and Buddhism and all tge religions that practice Atheism ♥️
jainists god is universal energy and intricate connection with nature
THERE ARE DOCUMENTS COME TO INDIA AND SEE THEM,they are ancient and rare and even date back to 3000yrs
Just by looking at you, i can tell that you had meat recently.
how do you have a haven and hell but also reincarnation?
+fatheramo “fatheramo1” doe wow great question, in Jainism we have four gathies or realms, i guess, i don't how to describe what the word means but the gathies are 1)human beings, 2) animals and plants, 3) hellish beings, and 4) heavenly beings. Normal Jain who aren't monks or nuns are called laypeople and if they follow the relgion like it is said to be they are reincarnated in heaven or as a human again, monks and nuns usually attain liberation (but only in the third and forth ara, different story but whatev)go to heaven or became reincarnated as a human, and really really bad people who were serial killers, or robbers, or criminals will most likely go to hell, and people kinda in the middle who werent really good or really bad become animals/plants.
Retardation doesn't mean one would be born as only humans it can be any form as humans/animals/plants/heavenly beings /hell beings
an atheist must be a vegetarian. Eating animals questions are morality.
so what do you want to say? monkeys are those who eat animals,a wise human will never eat animals. we should not use pesticides and rodenticide as much as possible. we should use biological methods to control them.
Nope being an atheist just means you don't believe in god , *THATS IT* !!!
Jan Tishchenko Go to hell
Nikhil Verma. You cannot tolerate views other than your own?
Kim Parish yeah you are right , . the thing which is correct is correct no matter what you say ,
The philosophy of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in terms of non-violence and peace and not harming other living creatures is sound. Just I am skeptical to the mythology and supernatural claims they make.
jainims define wath moral be like. they think what is morality base on logical thinking rather than objection morality.
im buddhist, may be
Would Jainism allow you to use violence to defend yourself or someone else from such violence or maybe even from a greater violence?
no its not true jainesm never said it people are creating such law for their conveneans becouse if its true then it was easy for lord mahaveer to fight with lion and lord parasnath with karmat monster but they have durn nothing even lion was eating lord mahaveer and karmat was throwing ston on parasnath they wear 1000 times stronger then them but have not used their power i think my friend some one have mis guided you
yes, one is supposed to defend itself... but, defend never means killing other... it means just to save yourself, your family from the enemy
Jainism values life. In any and every form.
That's why it promotes non violence.
But that doesn't mean that you would let other kill you and not defend yourself.for life is precious.
***** Agree to your statement brother, but, jainism never described anywhere that "one is not supposed to defend himself/herself".
Jainism in this very basic core concepts describes that a layman who is following Jainism is supposed to save their monks, temples, religion and themselves. People who do not understand this concept or who want to give irrelevant logic, say that "Non-Violence of Jainism does not allow anyone to save themself".
But I do not understand why do we justify our scriptures and their unique words.. These "Idiots" will keep on barking. Why should we (JAIN) care of them
I can find no rational or scientific reason to believe in karma. What possible evidence is there for it? Yet I feel compelled to believe in it. I know that there is no "why" for our being here, or indeed why there is something rather than nothing. Perhaps there's something in our hard wiring that compels us to seek purpose where there is none, an evolutionary artefact.
Karma is nothing more than a reaction to what you do.
In a nutshell, even the reactions from other people to your actions are karma. Consider it like an underlying mechanism, wich is not equally balanced, but tend to swing to a side, when certain actions are performed over and over again.
The best example i can think of, is the one i gave already with the drugs.
Or maybe smoking. You smoke 4 packets a day, the balance of karma will more likely swing in the direction of cancer.
Or if you drink 2 bottles of whisky everyday, the likelihood that your life will get "a little bit difficult", will increase.
As i said, this is just a very basic example, its far more subtile, but i am somewhat convinced of its existence.
But its not like mathgematics, its not 2+2=4, its more like a weather forecast, with too many variables to forecast exactly.
I am sorry, but i am unable to explain it in a proper way in a foreign language.
I found ironic a while ago when I gave some money to a charity and they told me about karma, straight away I told them I don't believe in karma but they continue telling me how if I do good things good things will happen to me and what came to my mind was, do the people they are trying to help deserve cancer in their world view? I think they never thought about that small detail of karma...
Ernesto Nunez Because it doesnt work that way. Things happen, bad things, good things, if you think about it, without us humans to interprete, there is no good or bad there is just things that happen.
Karma doesent mean that you get "punished" for something, therefor you get cancer.
That would be a very childish concept.
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isn't karma the idea that people get outcomes depending on how they behave in life towards the rest of the world in general? good action = good outcomes and bad actions = bad outcomes, right? that's the way I always see the world karma used
Ernesto Nunez People believe many things, dont they?
Most of these things have not much to do with reality. ^^
And this is a very careful way of saying that.
But as with most expressions of these sorts, karma will also have slightly different meaning, depending who you are asking.
I can only give you the one i perceived, and wich is real for me, as you should know that an absolute thruth is non existant.
But however it is, if you ever have the chance, to make a long roadtrip, maybe several months, or even years. If you are free to go where ever you want to, then it is much more observable, and much more real, at least the feeling i had was much more stronger, when i was free to go whereever i wanted, and thus, all actions have much more direct impact.
I am an Atheist, and i didnt quite believe those things, but after i thought about all that happened to me the last 60 years, it was kind of obvious, that some actions had undenying consequences.
But i am not in a position to explain it better im afraid. Nevertheless, obviously it seemed to work, wether i believed in it or not, but of course, lets not forget that our brain is programmed to search for patterns and similarities, so, who knows?
2500 years ago Tirthankar Mahavira stated that plants have life.Not many believed in him.but when science said that same thing,everyone believed so.Lord Mahavira said that that after 2000 years there will be super fast transportation and communication. proved today.Yes he believed and told that reincarnation is actually a thing and u can know all about it if u are able to dig in your soul through meditation.Listen what ever your name is,u just have half of the knowledge take up some jain books give them a shot and then brag.
+Devang Selvadia Where can i find the teachings of Mahavira?
+Jain Cloud thanks
+isemajic97 ,near the saints.. lol
I'm trying to understand Jainism and the part you mentioned about plants having life, is that is so what do Jains eat exactly? I heard they only eat certain plants like potatoes ?
+Nishant Porwal Jains (the real Jains ) do not eat root vegetables
Richard Dawkin Holy BIble : Cosmos Chapter 56 verse 2 : and they say [ The Jains] ''This is of Atheism, that we bring to you, as a religion'' But Woe to them, they contradict the very meaning of it.
You need to do one on pagan and Wicca. I've been up all night w your videos.
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Jainism is always what I think of when people claim that atheism is a religion. Atheism is a religious position, and it's actually part of some forms of Buddhism and Jainism. The absence of belief in gods is a religious position, but it isn't enough to define a religion entirely.
jainesam is not a religion it is way to moksh or art of living a person of jain family is not jain every peron who thinks for whole man kind is jain
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Hi Hemant,
Was an Atheist. moved back to jainism/hindusim. You say there is no proof of Karma or reincarnation ? Yet there is evidence .. you just need to be open about exploring it first.
Regards
Kj
To say as a Buddhist or to convert to Jainism, the choice is hard.
3:00, same will happen to India if we also keep calling Hinduism a religion, what is a philosophy should not compare with religions. IT seems this guy is a fool who felt inferior in front of majority of Christians in the USA who might mock him for not being part of Abrahamic religion.
I'm not sure about the other 23 Tirtankaras, because we really only scratched Jainism in my World Religions class, unfortunately, but the Mahavira sounded like a pretty cool guy. Even if you don't believe the stuff about him not kicking his mother while still in the womb, which I don't, at least he lived a life of peace once born.