Introduction to the oldest Religion in the World, Jainism. Ans a comparison with Divine Principle teaching.

1. Divine Principle
&
Jainism
Introduction
v. 1.0

3. Jainism, traditionally known as Jaina dharma, is an
Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards
all living beings and emphasizes spiritual independence and
equality between all forms of life. Practitioners believe that
non-violence and self-control are the means by which they
can obtain liberation.

4. The word Jainism is derived from a Sanskrit verb Jin which
means to conquer. It refers to a battle with the passions and
bodily pleasures that the jaina ascetics undertake. Those who
win this battle are termed as Jina (conqueror). The
term Jaina is therefore used to refer to laymen and ascetics of
this tradition alike.

5. Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world.[2] Jains
traditionally trace their history through a succession of twentyfour propagators of their faith known as tirthankara with
Ādinātha as the first tirthankara and Mahāvīra as the last of
the current era. For long periods of time Jainism was the state
religion of Indian kingdoms and widely adopted in the Indian
subcontinent

6. Jainism is a religious minority in India, with 4.2 million
adherents, and there are small but notable immigrant
communities in Belgium,Canada, Hong Kong, Japan,
Singapore, and the United States. Jains have the highest
degree of literacy of any religious community in India (94.1
percent), and their manuscript libraries are the oldest in the
country.

7. Similarities DP and Jainism
• Mind over Body Controle
• One of the most important and fundamental doctrines of
Jainism is anēkāntavāda. It refers to the principles of
pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, and to the notion
that truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse
points of view, no single one of which is complete
“the parable of the blind men and an elephant”
• Divine Principle also talks about the harmonius Unification
of Religions.
World Scriptue Vol 1 and 2, are an effort to show similarities
among World faiths.

8. Similarities DP and Jainism
•
The ideally pure state of the soul has always been overlaid
with the impurities of karma. –
Compare with DP Fall of Man
and Laws of Indemnity.
• The principle of non-violence or ahimsa is the most
distinctive and well known aspect of jaina religious practice.
Non-violence is seen as the most essential religious duty for
everyone.
• Teaching of True Father, Sun Myung Moon
is to live for others. = non-violence

9. Similarities DP and Jainism
•
Jain texts describe the shape of the universe as similar to
a man standing with legs apart and arm resting on his waist.
This Universe, according to Jainism, is broad at the top,
narrow at the middle and once again becomes broad at the
bottom.
• Prior to creating human beings, God created the natural
world by expressing partial reflections of the internal nature
and external form He had conceived for human beings.
Consequently, a human being contains within himself the
sum total of the essences of all things. This is the reason he
is called the microcosm of the cosmos.

10. Similarities DP and Jainism
• DP sees the Kingdom of Heaven resembles a person who
has achieved individual perfection, taking after God's
original internal nature and external form. In an individual,
the mind's command is transmitted to the whole body
through the central nervous system, causing the body to act
with one purpose. Likewise, in the Kingdom of Heaven,
God's direction will be conveyed to all His children through
the True Parents of humankind, guiding everyone to live as
one.

11. Spirit World

12. Differences DP and Jainism
• Jaina beliefs postulate that the universe was never created,
nor will it ever cease to exist.
It is independent and self-sufficient, and does not require
any superior power to govern it.
• DP believes in a Creator God/Allah/Jahve… and that Man
together with angelic World and God are needed to fulfil the
3 Great Blessings.

13. Jains praying
at the feet of a statue of
Lord Bahubali.
Sculpture of Mahāvīra

14. End

15. References:
Divine Principle: www.unification.net/dp96
Speeches by Sun Myung Moon: www.tparents.org/Lib-Moon-Talk.htm
Wikipedia, about Jainism

16. Remember the beauty in Gods nature is there
to inspire the most Holy original inside us all!
Have a great Blessed week. Prepared for 2nd,3rd... Gen inspiration by Bengt de Paulis.