Word: jainism
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...wrong. I am not opposed to the idea of making Hindus or followers of any religion--including my own, Jainism--aware of alternative religions. In fact, I am in favor of it. We can only best understand our own beliefs when they are placed in contrast with others. But there is a time and a place for everything...
Conferences in the series studied ten world religions--Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Jainism and indigenous traditions--as they relate to ecology...
Tucker said there is a wide range in environmental perceptions across these faiths--from the "deep ecology" of Jainism to the utilitarian outlooks of Western religions--but that religions beliefs can be adaptable to evolving attitudes about the environment...
...databases, while YaaleVe' Yavo, an Orthodox Jewish site, forwards E-mailed prayers to Jerusalem, where they are affixed to the Western Wall. Two Websites are devoted to Cao Daiism, the tiny Vietnamese sect that worships French novelist Victor Hugo as a saint, and a handful probe the mysteries of Jainism, an Indian religion in which (as one learns on the Net) the truly faithful sweep the ground with a small broom to avoid accidentally stepping on insects or other hapless creatures. Even the famously technophobic Amish are represented online by a Website run by Ohio State University. It offers, among...