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What are the three main pillars of Jainism?
What are the three main pillars of Jainism?
- Truth, non-violence, chastity
- Non-possessiveness, truth, non-stealing
- Non-violence, non-absolutism, asceticism (correct)
- Chastity, non-violence, non-stealing
Who is considered to be the first tirthankara in the current time cycle in Jainism?
Who is considered to be the first tirthankara in the current time cycle in Jainism?
- Rishabhadeva (correct)
- Mahavira
- Parshvanatha
- Unknown
How many vows do Jain monks take?
How many vows do Jain monks take?
- Seven
- Ten
- Five (correct)
- Three
When did the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha live according to historians?
When did the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha live according to historians?
What has Jainism influenced in Jain culture?
What has Jainism influenced in Jain culture?
Who is considered to be the first tirthankara in the current time cycle according to Jain tradition?
Who is considered to be the first tirthankara in the current time cycle according to Jain tradition?
When did historians date the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha?
When did historians date the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha?
What are the three main pillars of Jainism?
What are the three main pillars of Jainism?
How many vows do Jain monks take?
How many vows do Jain monks take?
What has the influence of Jain principles led to in Jain culture?
What has the influence of Jain principles led to in Jain culture?
Which Indian state is the birthplace of Buddhism and Jainism?
Which Indian state is the birthplace of Buddhism and Jainism?
What do Buddhism and Jainism both believe is possible through spiritual and ethical disciplines?
What do Buddhism and Jainism both believe is possible through spiritual and ethical disciplines?
Who is generally accepted as a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
Who is generally accepted as a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
What is the historical buddha's name?
What is the historical buddha's name?
What is the key difference in core doctrines between Jainism and Buddhism?
What is the key difference in core doctrines between Jainism and Buddhism?
Which Indian state is mentioned as the place where Buddhism and Jainism developed?
Which Indian state is mentioned as the place where Buddhism and Jainism developed?
Who are generally accepted as contemporaries in the context of Buddhism and Jainism?
Who are generally accepted as contemporaries in the context of Buddhism and Jainism?
What do both Jainism and Buddhism believe is possible to attain through spiritual and ethical disciplines?
What do both Jainism and Buddhism believe is possible to attain through spiritual and ethical disciplines?
What does Jainism's historiography center on?
What does Jainism's historiography center on?
Who is believed to have rediscovered the long-forgotten in Buddhism?
Who is believed to have rediscovered the long-forgotten in Buddhism?
