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This is really a very complex question but I would try to answer it.
- Scientific Religion: Firstly, I would like to tell you that Jainism is the most scientific religion. Everything has a logic behind it in Jainism. for eg.
a. Plants have life: Science earlier believed that plants don’t have a life but Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose proved it in the 20th century, whereas Jainism claims that Plants have life and feel pain from time immemorable.
Source:How Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose proved plants have life 115 years ago
b. Concepts of Atoms and Molecules: Discovery of atoms started in the 19th century. Atom - Wikipedia. But Jainism always had this concept.
c. Unfiltered water contains microorganisms: Jains always drank filtered water because they knew that the water contains microorganisms, but other people were not convinced of this. But now science has also confirmed that a single drop of water contains 36,450 microorganisms. But according to Jainism, the number in a single drop of unfiltered water is infinite. Actually science was able to detect “Tras Jeev”(having 2–5 senses) but were unable to detect “Jalkaya jeev or Sthavar Jeev”(having 1 sense which is skin)(for their case it is water only).
There are many more concepts which are there in Jainism, but still not in the approach of Science like “Jalkaya jeev”(microorganisms whose body is water only). Similarly, they are unable to find “Agnikaya Jeev”, “Prithvikaya Jeev” and “Vayukaya Jeev”.
Beside this, every ritual in Jainism has some logic behind it. Even the Tirthankaras insisted on using our “Vivek”(logical thinking) before accepting anything. - Salvation(liberation, Moksha): We cannot find the concept of Salvation in any other religion as clearly as it is in Jainism. Some religions even don’t believe in Salvation.
In Jainism, there is a clear process to attain Salvation i.e. you have to take “Digambar Diksha”(Digambar-skyclad, Diksha-become monk) and then destroy all your Karmas and then only you can get liberation.
In Jainism, the Karmas are divided are divided into 8 types. Also Karma topic is very vast. You cannot find any other religion where Karma is given so much importance. - Non-violence: Before reading this point, first forget which religion you follow for 2 minutes and answer this question honestly.
What according to you should a true religion teach, violence or non-violence?
Other religions also preach non-violence, but Jainism takes it to another level.
a. Not eating after sunset: Those who follow Jainism properly don’t eat after sunset. The logic behind this is that there are no UV rays after sunset. The UV rays resist the occurrence of organisms in the food. You can notice that mosquitoes bite mostly in the night, in the daytime they are resisted by UV rays.
b. Not eating root vegetables: Eating of root vegetables is not advisable in Jainism. The reason behind this is that root vegetables contain an infinite number of microorganisms. The number is so high that if you take a needle and pierce it in a root vegetable and then take it out, the number of microorganisms at the tip of the needle will still be infinite.
c. The extreme non-violence by Jain Munis: Jain Munis are the real ones who follow true non-violence. They don’t wear clothes as the clothes will need to be washed and infinite microorganisms will be dead in this process. They also carry a broom made of peacock feathers with them. They always clean the place where they are going to sit, as the place may have organisms on it and if they sit on them they will be dead.
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