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Jainism and Its
Cosmic View
As per the Jainism community,
the cosmos is divided into three
worlds, celestial or upper world,
the mortal or middle world, and
the lower world.
All of these realms are
expressed independently or
they are put together in the
paintings.
Apart from this, in the
paintings, they show how 20
Jains attained salvation from
the cycle of re-birth. There are
pictorial representations of
how Jains work towards doing
selfless service.
Jainism Architecture
The Jain monuments were
based on Brahmin Hindu
temples and Jain monks.
There is similarity in the Jain,
Buddhist and Hindu Art. Two
of the famous architecture of
Jainism are Dilwara temples
and Udyagiri and Khandagiri
caves.
The khandagiri caves are
located in Orissa and it has
a depiction of elephants,
women and Tirthankaras. This
architecture is beautiful and
unique in its own way.
The Dilwara temple was built
during the Chalukya rule in the
11th and 13th centuries CE.
The entire Dilwara temple
is made of marble and this
is all a dedication to the
Tirthankaras. The pillars of
this wall are made in such a
way that it portrays women
playing instrumental music. effort to get rid of karmic
attachments, it is not similar
to that of Buddhist meditation.
Going into a meditative
state of mind is known as
Samayika. This ritual is
practiced three times a day.
Jainism Food And
Fasting One of the scholar believes
that when you meditate as a
Jain, you should always focus
on the fact that nothing is
yours.
Jains are pure vegetarians.
They avoid eating eggs and
coming to the consumption of
dairy products, they ensure
not to harm animals during the
process.
They avoid eating root
vegetables such as potato,
beetroot and carrots. They
do this to ensure not to cause
harm to tiny organisms that
reside in soil.
Jainism Meditation
As per Jainism the meaning
of meditation is to make an
Jainism Festivals
Jains celebrate 5
festivals
> Paryushana
> Daslakshana
> Mahavir Janma
> Kalyanak
> Dipawali
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