Jainism

Hi everyone, I found following write up inspiring. Its sad that for very long  Jain Agams have been first neglected, then resurrected "partially" in modern society. This article also tells that Namokar Mantra was written by Aacharya Pushpadanta around 1CE when first agam was written on a palm leaf.  Agam is collection of what Mahavir (and other tirthankars) spoke during their Samosaran. When I read about Samosaran, I am just blown away by concepts of Omniscience, Kevala Gyana. Jain agams describe Soul in utmost details and all the knowledge humans can ever need. Jains who make excuse that agams are lost, are just making excuses to put efforts into resurrecting whatever is available & not loosing it all.  Just handful of books have been translated to English accurately. Lots of work still needs to be done ==================================== Shatkhand-agama Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama (Devanagari: षटखंडागम), literally the "Scripture in Six Parts", is the foremost and oldest Di

Hathigumpha is the oldest known & undisputed evidence of Jain Statues and Jain art. There is written evidence on the walls of Gumpha that King Kharavela carried out the repair work of Hathigumpha in year 250BC. Those idols were there for ages and were in need of repairs.  Due to limitations of carbon dating technology its impossible to find exact age of stones. But its believed that Hathigumpha was made in stone age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahameghavahana_dynasty

Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. He is believed to have traveled  to India (approx 550 BC) to attend Jain Tirthankar Mahaveer's Samosaran ( Samavasaran)  at the banks of River  Rijuvaluka (ancient river)  near town of Pawapuri.  Pythagorus was vegetarian,  he believed in ahimsa, reincarnation, talked about his previous lives, believed in Soul that can be purified through penance. Its believed that he received this knowledge from  omniscient Lord Mahaveer. During 325BC, when Alexandar came to india, one of Jain Muni Kolonos (Kalyan Muni) went to Greece with him. There are statues of Kolonos in Greece. references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawapuri http://jainmuseum.com/history-of-mahavir-swami-bhagwan.htm