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Ajmer Sharif survey petition triggers demands for protection of Adhai Din Ka JhonpraA petition in Ajmer court demands the restoration of Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra to its pre-Islamic heritage. Claims suggest it was originally a S...
Gujarat couple, inspired by their children, donate Rs 200 crore to become monksGujarat's affluent Jain couple, Bhavesh Bhandari and wife, donated Rs 200 crore, and will soon embrace monkhood, influenced by children. Th...
Forgotten ballads of Indian merchantsAs per Buddhist lore, soon after he attained Buddhahood, Siddhartha Gautama was fed by two merchants. They said they could not be bhikku (m...
How Jains described Chanakya and Chandragupta MauryaBuddhists claimed Ashoka. Jains claimed Ashoka's grandfather Chandragupta, and his grandson, Samprati. Hindus claimed the Brahmin who was t...
Jamiat's Arshad Madani says 'Manu worshipped Allah', Jain Muni storms off stage with other religious leadersJamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani on Sunday stoked controversy at the prominent Muslim body's general session by claiming tha...
Full and final settlement before GodIn Buddhism and Jainism, you could accrue good luck by feeding and taking care of monks. Monks refused to take any loans, and so strived to...
The path to mokshaMahavir preached that samyak darshan, right faith; samyak jnana, right knowledge; and samyak charitra, right conduct, can together help us ...
View: Reclaiming loans is an achievement, but writing off loans is the super-achievementIn karma, our engagements with the world make us either lenders or debtors. Lending propels us towards Swarga, the land of plenty, while de...
Vegetarianism is about contentment overpowering consumptionVegetarian habits were less about non-violence and more about striving for contentment. The Jains were aware of the damage industry can do ...
View: Understanding economies and their role in rendering old models of caste irrelevantWhere do we locate contemporary service providers? By traditional classifications they are the shudras? Does the old varna system still hol...
3 generations of women from wealthy family decide to become monks in search for happiness & peaceThe women belong to a family managing affairs of a major diamond firm in Hong Kong.
More traitors within India than terrorists in Pakistan: Jain monkThose who live and eat in the country, raise pro-Pakistan slogans, he alleged without naming anyone.
Vishal Dadlani, Congress leader booked over Jain monk remarksDadlani had tweeted against the Jain leader addressing the Haryana assembly on Friday.
India did not give communalism to the world: PM ModiThe world has not been able to understand us the way it should have. India is a country which has never followed sectarian tendencies, says...
Ankur Jain's beer brand Bira91, has attracted $6 million in its Series A fundingB9 Beverages, which positions its craft beer brand in the premium segment, has raised funding from Sequoia Capital, Snapdeal's Rohit Bansal...
Come September, say cheers to desi beer Biru!Biru, a new craft beer, hopes to capture a young market with affordable pricing and an ‘unapologetically Indian’ positioning.
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Crucially, the Jains differ from both Hindus and Buddhists in their understanding of karma, which for other faiths means simply the fruit o...