“This volume includes the Akaranga and Kalpa Sutras, two of the most important Jain sacred texts.The Akaranga Sutra outlines rules for Jain monks. Most notably it describes steps which monks […]
Gender and Salvation: Jaina Debates on the Spiritual Liberation of Women
Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining salvation? In Gender and Salvation, P. S. Jaini brings to light heretofore untranslated texts centering on a centuries-old debate between […]
Jaina Path of Purification
This is one of the best written books on Jainism written by a professor at Berkeley, who is an expert in Jainism as well as Buddhism.
The Jains (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)
The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world’s oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and […]