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Key	BIB39005
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith : Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space
Journal	ISJS-Transactions
Author	Zhang, Yifan
Year	2022
Date	April–June 2022
Issue	2
Volume	6
Abstract	For the past two more years, the Covid-19 Pandemic has reshaped the world's frame, during which the extremities trend of thought swept across the continents, made populism and ultra-nationalism proliferate. However, it left tremendous aspects of Anthropocene for the whole world to reflect on, yet the (post) Pandemic era is indeed a transitional period for the globe. Jainism, an old Śramanic tradition rooted in India, is a stronghold of non-violence and plurality among the world's religious traditions. The Jain teachings of 'ahiṁsā' and 'anekāntavāda' are natural solutions for the dead knot of the whole world at the moment; the Jain viewpoints rationally and dialectically opened a door for humankind across time and space. In comparison, in the sphere of the world religions, the Bahá'í Faith is comparably a new thing. However, the Bahá'í and Jain teachings share some similarities. The Bahá'ís firmly believe that "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens"; its vision is to create a relatively united world where violence is minimized, with the discrimination and unequal resource distribution eliminated from human society. Moreover, the Bahá'í faith conveys the essential information of "there is only one religion, the religion of God," wherein the plurality can be observed. This paper intends to conduct a comparative study of Jainism and Bahá'í Faith, finding their relevant similarities in non-violence and plurality across time and space.
Language	English
Keywords	JAINISM; PLURALISM; NONVIOLENCE
URL	https://www.isjs.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/4.-Yifan-Zhang.pdf;;;https://www.isjs.in/april-june-2022-2/
Pages	17–26
Legal note	11.
File attachments	internal-pdf://2044698449/Zhang - Jainism_Bahai - ISJS 6-2 (2022).pdf

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