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 | | To the Digambaras, the embryo of Mahavira was not removed from the womb of Devananda to that of Trisala, as the Shvetambaras believe, and they do not follow the Shvetambara account of Mahavira being married and living the life of the householder until he was thirty. | | | Most Digambaras are image-worshippers, except for the sects of the Terapanthis (Terahapanthis) and the Taranapanthis. | | | The Digambaras disown the Shvetambara canon, claiming that these texts were gradually lost during the first centuries after the Nirvana, death, of Mahavira. |
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| | Digambaras also deny two of the Shvetambara beliefs about Mahavira, that Mahavira's embryo was taken from the womb of the Brahamana woman Devananda and transferred to the womb of Trishala, and also that Mahavira had married and had a daughter. | | | The Digambaras called their Church, the Mula Sangha or the Main Church. | | | The main schisms of the Jaina Church was the one between the Shvetambaras and the Digambaras. |
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| | Kanji Svami Panth |
| | Lacking a place in any Digambara ascetic lineage descending from Kundakunda, Kanji Svami validated his teaching authority by claiming in a previous life in Mahavideha (in Jain cosmography this is at the centre of the island of Jambudvipa) to have been present when Kundakunda visited to listen to the Jina Simandhara. | | | Though trained as a Sthanakvasi monk, Kanji Svami turned to Digambara Jainism and the mainstream Digambara mystical tradition centred on Kundakunda became the basis of the doctrine of his sect. | | | This linking of Kanji Svami with this legendary event was told to him by a female disciple, Campabahen Mataji, who said she had been there too hearing Simandhara expound the true doctrine to Kundakunda. |
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| | Digambara Terapanthis |
| | Banarsidass, an important lay Digambara leader in the seventeenth century, came under the influence of Kundakunda's Essence of the Doctrine, written in the second or third century CE, and the monk Nemicandra's Essence of Gomata, a Digambara doctrinal digest written in the ninth century. | | | During this collapse of his outer life he even pretended in private with friends to be naked Digambara monks. | | | But with the influence of Nemicandra he found spiritual harmony and self-realisation, from which basis he practised lay rituals. |
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| | History of Digambar jaina |
| | Many Digambara lists including the Sravana Belgola inscription say that Gautama's successor as the head of the Church was Lohacharya. | | | Samantabhadra: According to a pattavalli given in an inscription of 1163 AD at Sravana Belgola, Umasvati's disciple was Balakapiccha, and his disciple was Samantabhadra. | | | This proves that not only was the tower raised by a Digambara merchant, but also that the practice of claiming descent from the line of Kundakunda, a practice quite common in South India, had spread to north by the 13th century. |
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| | Digambara Jains see some of this material as the basis for the Shat Khanda-Agama (the Scripture in Six Parts), whilst Shvetambara Jains believe this material to have been lost. | | | Digambara (meaning "sky-clad") monks have no property, although they can carry a whisk-broom of peacock-feathers and a gourd for water to wash with. | | | For more information on the Jain Faith, its beliefs, practices, festivals, and forms of organisation in the United Kingdom, together with contact details for its local, regional and national organisations, see the chapter on "Introducing Jains in the UK", in P. Weller (ed), Religions in the UK: Directory, 2001-3, The Multi-Faith Centre, Derby, 2001. |
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| | Digambara |
| | A subdivision of a larger religious group sect, these are the followers of Bhadrabahu. | | | Practices self denial as spiritual discipline ascetic s are required to be forsake clothing. | | | Digambaras reject the Svetambara faith as Quick Facts about: untrue |
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| | Digambara Jinas are naked, and Digambara monks (now a separate category in art) are likewise naked. | | | always clothed and Digambara monks are naked, i.e. | | | In Digambara Jainism, aniconic worship is only practised by a very small minority. |
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| | The Digambara and Svetambara sects |
| | Digambaras believe that a woman lacks the adamantine body and rigid will necessary to attain moksa, i.e., liberation: hence she must be reborn as a man before such an attainment is possible. | | | The Svetambara monks collect their food from different houses while the Digambara monks take food standing and with the help of knotted upturned palms and in one house only where their sankalpa (preconceived idea) is fulfilled. | | | Literally, the monks of the Digambaras are naked while those of the Svetambaras wear white clothes. |
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| | The Bisapantha, according to some, is the original form of the Digambara sect and today practically all Digambara Jainas from Maharashtra, Karnataka and South India and a large number of Digambara Jainas from Rajasthan and Gujarat are the followers of Bisapantha. | | | It is interesting to note that the two non-idolatrous sub-sects, viz., Taranapanthis among the Digambaras and Sthanakvasi among the Svetambaras, came very late in the history of the Jaina Church and to some extent it can safely be said that the Mohammedan influence on the religious mind of India was greatly responsible for their rise. | | | Besides the sacred books of the Digambaras, they also worship the fourteen sacred books written by their founder Tarana-Svami. |
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Jain Living |
| | Digambara monks live on the charity of others, but since they are not allowed even to own a bowl, they receive contributions in their cupped hands. | | | Svetambara monks wear thin white robes while the Digambara monks reject any form of clothing whatsoever and live naked, or 'sky clad'. | | | Jain monks and nuns should live the simplest and most austere lives, as this prescription of the qualities of a monk shows. |
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| | Was the impact of Early Indian Christianity on Jainism the cause of the split into Digambara and Svetambara? |
| | The Digambara believe that the original is lost but that the substance of Jaina doctrine has been preserved in a variety of religious and philosophic texts written by various leaders and scholars of the Jaina community over the centuries. | | | The only schism to have a lasting effect was that between the Svetambaras (Sanskrit literally, "White-robed") and the Digambaras (Sanskrit "Sky-clad"; i.e., naked); this division still exists. | | | This is in contrast to the practice followed by the parallel sect, the Digambara, which does not admit women into the ascetic order and whose monks are always nude. |
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| | Digambara also find no evidence in the scriptures that permits women to attain moksa, and use this to further their cause. | | | Digambaras believe that women cannot reach nirvana, while the | | | Svetambaras steadfastly maintain that both sexes can attain spiritual liberation. |
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| | Jaiva Dharma -- Chapter 9 |
| | Digambara: Some people say that society is advancing with the increase of knowledge in the world, and eventually it will be like heaven on earth. | | | Digambara: My brother, this is simply blind faith on your part. | | | Bhagavan said, “O Brahma, I am explaining to you this most confidential jnana of Myself, the vijnana with which it is endowed, its rahasya, and all of its angas (components). |
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| | The emphasis for worship among Digambara Terapanthis is the scriptue. | | | Most of Kanji Svami's beliefs were identical to Digambara beliefs and focused on the value of doctrine. | | | The king of the gods, Sakra, did not feel that Mahavira should be born to a low caste woman, however, and Mahavira was transplanted into the womb of a ksatriya (warrior caste) woman. |
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| | Religious Movements Homepage: Jains_Digambara |
| | Digambara means, "sky clad," or to be "adorned with sky." Thus monastics of the Digambara sect own absolutely no possesions and walk naked. | | | Liberation of Women: In the Digambara sect it is not possible for women to reach moksa because they cannot walk naked and because they are himsic in nature. | | | Content of the Scripture: Disputes between Svetambaras and Digambaras over the sacred texts began in 3BC at the council of Pataliputra and continued until 501AD at the council of Valabhi. |
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| | http://www.sight.net/aloe/ajivika/ (fwd) |
| | Mahavira was not the founder of Jainism, and, in fact, most of the non-Jain evidence that supports this comes from the writings of the Ajivika and Buddhist traditions (that from the former being in the form of quotations from the latter). | | | Setting aside the fact of that Digambara Jain monks and Ajivika ascetics wore no clothes, could you please delineate and describe the philosophical similarities between the Digambara Jain tradition and the Ajivikas, ones which could not ALSO be drawn between the Shvetambara Jain tradition and the Ajivikas as well? | | | If there exists any evidence to the contrary, or if there is any nineteenth or twentieth century book which says this, I would appreciate it if you could inform me as to where it is written. |
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| | First the Digambara and later the Åvetâmbara began to use Sanskrit. | | | Voluntary death by the withdrawal of nourishment is, according to the strict doctrine of the Digambara, necessary for all ascetics, who have reached the highest step of knowledge. | | | They do not, however, present a compact mass, but are divided into two rival branchesâ”the _Digambara_ and _Åvetâmbara_ [Footnote: In notes on the Jainas, one often finds the view expressed, that the _Digambaras_ belong only to the south, and the _Åvetâmbaras_ to the north. |
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| | The Bhattarakas of Shravanabelgola and Mudabidri |
| | At this time, because of the continued presence of the institute and the collection of ancient books, Mudabidri is perhaps regarded as the main seat of orthodoxy in the Digambara tradition. | | | In both Digambara and Svetambara traditions, the organizations of such stationary institutions, called Mathas, came under criticism by other monks who rigorously adhered to the original ideals [3]. | | | The Bhattarakas remain a mystery even to the Jains in India. |
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| | Pujya Sri Swamiji in Rishikesh - Re-installation of Digambara Datta idol |
| | Pujya Sri Swamiji inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Digambara Datta temple. | | | On 18th morning at 9 AM, Sri Swamiji performed Yantra Patisthapana for the DIGAMBARA DATTA temple. | | | Pujya Sri Swamiji performing Kumbhabhishekam for the Digambara Datta temple |
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| | HERE-NOW4U - Online-Magazin : Glossary |
| | Along with Hinduism and Buddhism, it is one of the three most ancient Indian religious traditions still in existence, it is not a Hindu sect or Buddhist heresy, as earlier scholars believed. | | | Jainism has two principal quite different branches, the Digambara (Sanskrit 'Sky-clad', naked) and the Svetambara (Sanskrit 'White robed') Jains. | | | Digambara worship idols in temples, whereas Svetambara are not practising idolatry and do not have temples. |
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| | Jainism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The followers of Bhadrabahu became known as the Digambaras. | | | According to Jain beliefs, the universe was never created, nor will it ever cease to exist. | | | Twelve years later, they returned to find that Svetambara sect had arisen. |
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| | Yogi Digambara (the naked hermit) I shun yet cannot hate mankind, For hatred hath no peace of mind: In simple shelter, living nude, With simple food, and solitude; Forgetful of the days gone past, In peace to be alone at last. | | | But now and then, a sincere soul Will make my little hut his goal And will the worldly life refute And find peace with the absolute And have all joy and happiness With guru, god, and naturalness. | | | A hut to keep out wind and rain, This poverty has been my gain; No creeds or politics so crude Shall here disturb my solitude. |
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| | It's called the Digambara branch of Jainism which is a religion older than Chrisitanity. | | | : It's called the Digambara branch of Jainism which is a religion older than Chrisitanity. | | | In southern India the Digambara go around completely naked. |
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| | His band of followers too were nude, and this may have been the genesis of the Digambara Jains. | | | Mahavira, the last of the Jain Tirthankaras who lived in the 6th century B.C., went about nude without being affected by sun, wind or rain. | | | Returning after several years, he then went away to Nepal, to breathe his last there. |
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| | HERE-NOW4U :Dr. Peter Flügel on 'Jainism - A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence' by Kurt Titze |
| | From Maharashtra the imaginary traveller heads north, to Delhi and Hastinapur, then turning south to Rajasthan joining a “Grand Tour” of the famous Jain temples of southern Rajasthan and northern Gujarat, then on to Gujarat and Kutch, and finally to Bihar - the region in which Jainism and Buddhism originated. | | | However, by including several articles or extracts from books by Klaus Bruhn, Jyoti Prasad Jain, Noel Q. King, Vilas A. Sangave and other leading experts in this field, the author interspersed the main text with more detailed background information on selected subjects, such as the philosophy and meaning of worship in Jainism. | | | The majority of the photographs in this pictorial guide to Jainism show Digambara Jain temples and their interior in isolated mountain sites, which were originally sanctified by the practice of sallekhana, or religious death through self-starvation. |
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| | The Two Branches Of Jainism - by Sri Chinmoy |
| | Digambara means "one who is naked" or "one who has the sky as his clothes." Only men can become Digambara monks. | | | There are two main branches of Jainism: Digambara and Svetambara. | | | They believe that if you have anything to your name, you cannot realise the Highest. |
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| | Siddhanta - Iridis Encyclopedia |
| | The religion 's canon varies between the three primary sects, with Sthanakavasis believing in no scripture. | | | Both the Digambara and Shvetambara believe that the "purest" Jainist teachinges were contained within the Purvas, which have been mostly lost. | | | Of the surviving Jain scriptures, the Digambara tend to focus upon the Prakaranas ; while the Shvetambara focus upon the Angas. |
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| | Sri Swamiji in Gandigunta Ashrama |
| | On 5th January (Sunday), Sri Swamiji performed Sri Chakra Puja and then performed the Kumbhabhishekam to the Datta Digambara temple as it was the 12th year of its inception. | | | Today was the 12th year Kumbhabhishekam of the Datta Digambara Datta temple here (Gandigunta). | | | I want you to be the best.” This made me realize his goodness and fell at his feet. |
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| | Amul_Shah@mtits.co.uk wrote: > > What is the reason why Digambaras rigidly consider women incapable of > attaining salvation? | | | With pratikramans for those who claim to be of the digambara sect. | | | The true Digambara is the one who discards even the body as he lives his worldly life or ascetic life. |
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| | Digambara Patra and A.K.Mishra, Spectroscopy Letters, 2002, 35 (1) in press. | | | Digambara Patra and A.K.Mishra, Instrumentation Science and Technology, accepted. | | | Digambara Patra, K. Lakshmi Sireesha and A. Mishra, J. |
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| | Today most Jains in southern India follow the Digambara sects, while most in the north follow Svetambara sects. | | | The Digambara (atmosphere-clad, or naked) and the Svetambara (white-clad) split about 360 B.C. A severe famine caused one group of Jain ascetics to migrate south. | | | When these naked southern Jains returned north, the northern monks had begun to wear a piece of cloth over their genitals. |
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| | Digambara Swamiyar |
| | In the forties, the libraries of the Indian province of Tamil were crammed with "thuppariyum kathaigal" (detective stories) which caught the attention of thousands of readers. | | | DIGAMBARA SWAMIYAR was the hero (and title) of a very popular Indian detective novel of the 1950's, which dealt with the adventures of a "sanyasi" (or holy man) turned private eye. | | | In true pulp tradition, Digambara wore all kinds of disguises and performed great feats of courage in order to unmask the villains. |
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| | The Jains have two major sects, Digambara (Sky-clad or naked) and Shvetambara (White-clad). | | | If the Anuvaratas are strictly performed, they become Mahavratas (Great vows). | | | Digambara Jains are more austere and go about nude or free from all material trappings and social inhibitions. |
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| | INDIAN MIRROR - Religions of India - Jainism |
| | A good Shvetambara Jain should vow to avoid injury, falsehood and theft. | | | The famous Shravanbelagola temple in Karnataka is a Digambara temple. | | | Most of the Digambaras are monks and they confine their nudity within the monasteries. |
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| | The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Tirupati News : Controversial issues under scanner at literary programme |
| | Noted revolutionary writer, Jwalamukhi, said that `Digambara sahityam' showed the world in a new light and viewed revolution as the way. | | | Volga spoke on `Streevada sahityam' and Yendluri Sudhakar on `Dalita Minority sahityam', while Khadir Babu and Suddala Ashokteja presided over the meeting. | | | The topics taken up for discussion today almost had the writers head towards a vertical split into believers and detractors for several years. |
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| | GoaToday-December 1997(Fiction) |
| | But I keep feeling that he mutters something else when he comes to our house to beg for alms, which is why, when I hear the peepal leaves rustling I often think it is Digambar bua whispering something to the deity in the shrine. | | | He doesn't utter a word except for that "Digambara
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| | Jainism: An Introduction |
| | Women are also allowed in their religion and monasteries accepting the possibility that they may find salvation. | | | The Digambara sect believe women have no chance of achieving salvation until they are reborn as men. | | | They adhere to the old ideals that require their monks to go about naked; however, civil authorities sometimes have required them to wear loin-cloths. |
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| | Digambara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Digambara monks do not wear clothing ; however, they do not consider themselves to be nude -- they are wearing the | | | Lad, Khandelwal, Bagherwal etc. Of these Saitwal is well known and well organized caste of Marathi speaking Jain community. | | | Digambaras believe that this practice represents a refusal to give in to the body's demands for comfort and private property -- only Digambara ascetics are required to forsake clothing. |
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| | A notable examples of the Jain temples are Palitana in eastern Gujarat- a mountain-top fortress filled with hundreds of beautiful temples, Mount Abu in Rajasthan, in south Sravanabelagola in Karnataka, though only a village, is also a holy site- it is home to the 17m high sculpture of Gomateshvara, the world's tallest monolithic statue. | | | The main difference between them is that the Svetambaras wear white clothes, the Digambaras (sky clad) traditionally go naked. | | | The main difference between them is that the Svetambaras wear white clothes, the Digambaras (sky clad) traditionally go naked... |
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| | The Swetambara gachchhas: A branch of the Kottiya GaNa was Chandra kula, from which Vanvasi gachchha originated, from which Vrahada-Gachchha originated, from which both Tapa and Kharatara gachchhas originated, which are the two most important gachchhas among the traditional murtipujaka Swetambara sect. | | | Its component Sena-GaNa, represented by the Bhattaraka Lakshmi Sena of Kolhapur, originated with the distinguished scholar Virasen and his disciple Jinasena ( authors of the famous Dhavala, Jayadhavala, Mahadhavala, MahapuraNa etc.). | | | The Digambara Kashtha Sangha: This was the Digambara order of North India, the Agarwal shravakas supported this order. |
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| | Jain Temples in Delhi - Delhi temples guide providing info on sri digambar jain lal mandir, oldest temple in delhi, digambara jain temple, temples in india,... |
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| | States of a Digambara |
| | Brahmin who was following him took away the entangled cloth but thence forward Mahavira did not cover his body and moved on everywhere in his Digambara state. | | | Mahavira looked back at the entangled cloth but did not turn back to take it and silently passed on further in his meditative mood. | | | During all his wanderings, Mahavira was moving nude (Digambara - clothes beings the four directions). |
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