BELIEFS & PRINCIPLES
Rishabhanatha’s nudity symbolizes what key Jain value?
Detachment from worldly things
What factor causes attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people to vary within Jain communities?
How conservative or progressive a family or sect is
Jainism began in ancient India around what century?
The 6th century BCE
Although the principles remain the same, most modern Jains today live as what instead of ascetics?
Laypeople
What group did traditional Jain texts recognize as part of ancient gender diversity?
The third gender
What empire’s royal patronage helped Jainism survive and remain influential?
Mauryan Empire
What is the Jain principle of non-violence toward all beings called?
Ahimsa
What Jain principle of “many-sidedness” supports understanding different perspectives, including LGBTQ+ identities?
Anekantavada
Rishabhanatha taught people essential skills and established these early social structures. What were the social structures?
Marriage and other social customs
What principle means non-possession or letting go of material things?
Aparigraha
What principle in Jainism teaches that harming or discriminating against LGBTQ+ people goes against non-violence?
Ahimsa
What is the goal of practicing asceticism?
Moksha (liberation)
What Jain teaching emphasizes understanding multiple perspectives?
Anekantavada
Jain teachings say spiritual progress relies on what, which is why being LGBTQ+ doesn’t conflict with being Jain?
Personal Conduct
Early Jain communities lived very simply and practiced a strict lifestyle. What is this lifestyle called?
Asceticism