A report on Ahimsa in Jainism, Jainism and Karma in Jainism

Relief representing ahimsa
The hand symbolizes Ahiṃsā, the wheel dharmachakra, the resolve to halt saṃsāra (transmigration).
Broad classification of Karmas as per Jain philosophy
Painting in a Jain temple with the statement "ahinsā paramo dharma" (non-injury is the highest virtue/religion)
Classification of Saṃsāri Jīvas (transmigrating souls) in Jainism
The soul travels to any one of the four states of existence after the death depending on its karmas
Violence (Himsa) gouache on paper, 17th century, Gujarat depicts animals of prey with their victims. The princely couple symbolises love, which is another occasion of violence.
Lord Neminatha, Akota Bronzes (7th century)
The common representation of the mango tree and men analogy of the lesyas.
Sculpture depicting the statement "ahimsā paramo dharma" (Photo:Ahinsa Sthal, Delhi)
Jain miniature painting of 24 tirthankaras, Jaipur, c. 1850
Representation of a soul undergoing reincarnation.
Jain temple painting explaining Anekantavada with Blind men and an elephant
Karma as moral action and reaction: goodness sown is reaped as goodness.
A Jain monk in meditation, wearing the characteristic white robe and face covering
Nishidhi stone, depicting the vow of sallekhana, 14th century, Karnataka
Praying at the feet of a statue of Bahubali
Jain worship may include ritual offerings and recitals.
Celebrating Das Lakshana (Paryushana), Jain Center of America, New York City
The birth of Mahavira, from the Kalpa Sūtra (c.1375–1400 CE)
Shikharji
Idol of Suparśvanātha
A symbol to represent the Jain community was chosen in 1975 as part of the commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of Mahavira’s nirvana.
Rishabhdev, believed to have lived over 592.704×1018 years ago, is considered the traditional founder of Jainism.
The ruins of Gori Jain temples in Nagarparkar, Pakistan, a pilgrimage site before 1947.
Ranakpur Jain Temple
Dilwara Temples
Parshvanath Temple in Khajuraho
Girnar Jain temples
Jal Mandir, Pawapuri
Lodhurva Jain temple
Palitana temples
Saavira Kambada Basadi, Moodbidri, Karnataka
Jain temple, Antwerp, Belgium
Brahma Jinalaya, Lakkundi
Hutheesing Jain Temple

Ahimsā (', alternatively spelled 'ahinsā', Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ', Pāli: ) in Jainism is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine.

- Ahimsa in Jainism

Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism.

- Karma in Jainism

The three main pillars of Jainism are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (asceticism).

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Karma forms a central and fundamental part of Jain faith, being intricately connected to other of its philosophical concepts like transmigration, reincarnation, liberation, non-violence (ahiṃsā) and non-attachment, among others.

- Karma in Jainism

Jains believe that causing injury to any being in any form creates bad karma which affects one's rebirth, future well-being and causes suffering.

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The knowledge is also considered necessary to destroy Karmas.

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Relief representing ahimsa

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Tattvartha sutra

Tattvartha Sutra

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Ancient Jain text written by Acharya Umaswami in Sanskrit, sometime between the 2nd- and 5th-century CE.

Ancient Jain text written by Acharya Umaswami in Sanskrit, sometime between the 2nd- and 5th-century CE.

Tattvartha sutra
Chart showing Samyak Darsana as per Tattvarthasutra

The Tattvārthasūtra is regarded as one of the earliest, most authoritative texts in Jainism.

The next three chapters deal with the karmas and their manifestations and the influx, asrava, good and bad karma, shubha-ashubha karma and the bondage of the karmas.

ahimsa (abstinence from violence)