• Jains believe that all living beings, from plants to animals to bacteria, have souls, and that, theoretically, all souls have the potential to attain nirvana.
• Like some of the other Indian religions, Jainism holds that there is no single path to liberation.
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What Are Jainism's Main Beliefs?

• 1 Reincarnation and Karma. As with Hinduism, a core belief in Jainism is that the soul is reincarnated in a continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth that is governed ...
• 2 The Three Jewels. In order to release their souls from the cycle of reincarnation, Jains follow an ethical code known as the three jewels.
• 4 Belief in Gods

• Mahavir established a union in his life time, which included 11 followers, who were called the Gandhar.
• In the life sangh of Mahavira, only 10 Ganeshaas died, after Mahavira only Sudharman was alive.
• In Jainism, the existence of the deities has been accepted, but the place where the place is below.

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