tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post2612365182356587664..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: No Pain No JainShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-70132637218499649462008-06-08T20:07:00.000-07:002008-06-08T20:07:00.000-07:00My gratitude to the ones that keep some clothing o...My gratitude to the ones that keep some clothing on. I'm pretty sure a little clothing never hurt anyone's karma.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589645693380512031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-68355452697909423242008-06-07T15:51:00.000-07:002008-06-07T15:51:00.000-07:00Dear David, I think the only reference to the Budd...Dear David, I think the only reference to the Buddha's former teachers is in a Jain work called Isibhasiyam which mentions a sage named Ramaputta and gives a brief outline of his philosophy (Is.XXIII). <BR/>Dear Zen, the Middle Path is majjhima patipada; majjhima nikaya is the name of a book.Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-11458553857070491702008-06-07T12:25:00.000-07:002008-06-07T12:25:00.000-07:00IT IS APPALING TO LEARN YOUR SUCH LITTLE AND BIASE...IT IS APPALING TO LEARN YOUR SUCH LITTLE AND BIASED KNOWLEDGE OF JAINISM AND RELATIONS OF MAHAVIRA AND BUDDHA.BUDHA HIMSELF HAD ADOPTED JAINISM FIRST BUT HE FOUND RULES OF JAINISM FOR MONKS VERY STRICT AND ON THE OTHER HAND IN THE HINDUISM IT WAS FOUND ONTO OTHER EXTREME AND THAT IS WHY BUDDHA ESTABLISHED NEW PATH-MAJJHIM NIKAY-MIDDLE PATH.I'LL QOUTE IN FUTURE WHAT BUDDHA SAID OF NAATHPUTTA-MAHAVIRA.ON LEARNING NEWS OF NIRVANA OF MAHAVIRA, BUDDHA CAME TO PAWA ON THAT MORNING.zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019888947433408333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-85959704213281923912008-06-07T08:22:00.000-07:002008-06-07T08:22:00.000-07:00Yes, it only applies to the monks. The Digambara ...Yes, it only applies to the monks. The Digambara goes naked, the Svetambara monks do not. Lay people and nuns keep their clothes on, thank goodness!David (TheDhamma.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07714427477703354493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-71927505573237941142008-06-07T02:39:00.000-07:002008-06-07T02:39:00.000-07:00Hi anandajoti,Does this only applies to the Jain m...Hi anandajoti,<BR/><BR/>Does this only applies to the Jain monks, or all the practisioners?Justin Choohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275697990382930245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-37928505257883812732008-06-06T21:38:00.000-07:002008-06-06T21:38:00.000-07:00Dear David, As far as I know the Digambaras are th...Dear David, <BR/>As far as I know the Digambaras are the old unreformed school of Jainism, they hold to the old scriptures; the Svetambaras are the reformed movement and they wrote new ones. <BR/><BR/>Dear Justin,<BR/>Digambara means "clothed by the sky" (ie naked); Svetambara means "clothed in white".Anandajotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976447022896538872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-73458271049846044792008-06-06T20:20:00.000-07:002008-06-06T20:20:00.000-07:00The Svetambara school does not do naked monks and ...The Svetambara school does not do naked monks and they also accept that women are capable of moksha, whereas the Digambara does not.<BR/><BR/>The Svetambara also believes that a previous Tirthankar (enlightened saint) was female, an aspect that even Buddhism can't directly claim by the scriptures of Buddhism as all 28 prior sammasambuddhas were male.<BR/><BR/>But my thinking is that the Svetamabara was a later development, perhaps after seeing the popularity of Buddhism?David (TheDhamma.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07714427477703354493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-69826702706282751872008-06-06T20:12:00.000-07:002008-06-06T20:12:00.000-07:00Bhante,I thought all jains are naked!!Bhante,<BR/>I thought all jains are naked!!Justin Choohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275697990382930245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-66620633241628533902008-06-06T20:10:00.000-07:002008-06-06T20:10:00.000-07:00Hi Bhante,That was fast! Great post on the Jains,...Hi Bhante,<BR/><BR/>That was fast! Great post on the Jains, especially the title.<BR/><BR/>Do you know the history of Jainism? Which school came first, the Svetambara or the Digambara?<BR/><BR/>Based on the information from the Canon about "naked ascetics" it would appear that the Svetambara was a later development. Do you agree?David (TheDhamma.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07714427477703354493noreply@blogger.com