Jain monk advises Santhara for 3-year-old with brain tumor, sparking debate on religious practice for children.

The Republic of India’s understanding of religious policy should not be based only on this or that North Indian Sultan, but ...

“Jainism is a very old tradition with a very rich history of nonviolence, ecology, environment, respect for women, business ethics…. I could go on,” said Sulekh Jain, ...

Chandragupta Maurya, India's first emperor, overthrew the Nanda dynasty. He unified the subcontinent and established the ...

The museum, which traces the history and values of Jainism, was inaugurated in November 2024. It’s situated a few kilometres off the old Mumbai-Pune highway, and has been seeing about 350 ...

Jainism also accepts that the hard austerities required of monks—who cannot grow, cook, or buy their food and must subsist by begging—can be followed by only a small part of the population.

Jainism’s three keys to transcendence - As laid down in the teachings of Jainism, Acharya Vijay Lakshmansurishvar became a votary of Ahimsa, non-violence. This universal philosophy was ...

However, there is another way to read this history: that Buddhism and Jainism continue to thrive today as they did 1,200 years ago, under the Buddhist Pala kings of Bengal and Jain Rashtrakutas of ...

Mumbai: A special PMLA court has directed prison authorities to provide proper Jain food to Ahmedabad-based trader Ritesh ...