Have any Questions?

[Onkara]

Where is the soul located?
How can we know our soul?

 

[Yukon]

Is Jesus Christ recognized as the one and only Son of God by this religion?

 

[Vinayaka]

Is Jesus Christ recognized as the one and only Son of God by this religion?

No. As with all non-Christian religions, and paths. But remember this is the DIR thread, so if you want to debate this, then you need to go elsewhere.

 

[akiratoriyama]

Where is the soul located?
How can we know our soul?

Our Sages Say Soul is located in our body part
When you touch hot steam Your finger burns Soul is in your hands uptill fingers
When You Trim your hair and fingernails It does not Pains
So Soul in our Body does not exists In fingernails and hair

 

[Arav]

Where is the soul located?
How can we know our soul?

The soul is located in the body, as said my Akiratoriyama. To know the soul, one must practice Tapas and Dhyana.

 

[Onkara]

Thanks for the answers!

What is the most challenging thing about your religion, in your experience?

 

[willy1590]

Hey,just wondering what your belief in god is,the afterlife and why homosexuality an premarital sex are bad?+do you have to be a vegetarian to be jainist and any othe rimportant info?

 

[Jain]

Is there a Jainism that doesn't involve the belief in souls? I am a very sciency guy and souls sound silly to me but I would love to be a jainist.

Buddhism has no creator god and denies the existence of any soul. The problem then arises, who or what reincarnates? Buddhists have trouble with that idea themselves.

 

[Shuddhasattva]

Buddhism has no creator god and denies the existence of any soul. The problem then arises, who or what reincarnates? Buddhists have trouble with that idea themselves.

Apologies for DIR invasion, but this is incorrect.

I have a question:

To what extent is tantrism present in Jaina Dharma?

 

[Jain]

Apologies for DIR invasion, but this is incorrect.

I have a question:

To what extent is tantrism present in Jaina Dharma?

What is incorrect?

 

[Jain]

To what extent is tantrism present in Jaina Dharma?

Not part of original Jainism at all. And not much in present Jaina Dharma either.

 

[Shuddhasattva]

What is incorrect?

Buddhism has no creator god

On the whole, this is correct. Some forms of Buddhism do however, and creation narratives are attested in scripture - say, the Kulayaraja tantra (Nyingma, semsde)

and denies the existence of any soul.

This one's mostly semantic for the majority of Buddhist traditions, instead is recognized the mindstream which takes rebirth. The mindstream has no personality associated with it, it's a karmic receptacle. The nikayas describe it as the luminous mind, and this concept is further enumerated in the yogacara philosophy as the storehouse consciousness - alaya vijnana.

However, in the tathagatagarbha cycle of teachings, the satya-atman is revealed, and the doctrine of anatman shown to be provisional.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Is Asceticism a requirement?

 

[Jain]

Is Asceticism a requirement?

For moksha (liberation) but you can take your time if needed and take it slower.

 

[religion99]

Is Asceticism a requirement?

No. Only prerequisite is that you have to be Vegetarian.