and Jain beliefs were meticulously explained. For Jains, like Buddhists agnostic, the gods and idols are not real in themselves, rather symbols of human attitudes, aspirations and fears ...

Worship in the temple, although mostly individual, does have the social benefit of binding the Jain community together, but this isn't a religious benefit, merely a side-effect. Jain worship and ...

The swastika has a particularly strong presence in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities across ... to meet more frequently in the West. The religious symbol, meaningful to communities in their ...

A Landmark of Religious Unity Celebrates 40 Years: Anniversary and Re-inauguration of the Hindu-Jain Temple The Hindu ... underscores its importance as a symbol of religious unity and cultural ...

Hirawat, 93, a frail, birdlike woman, has eaten nothing in more than a month, attempting to free her soul from its bad deeds, part of the Jain religious ... a holy symbol for Jains and Hindus ...