Q: What is difference between jain food and vegan food

A:

Jain food and vegan food are similar in some ways, but they are not the same.

Main difference

Vegan food

• Does not include any animal products:

- milk - curd - butter - ghee - cheese - hon... Read More 

Q: will taking less tablets and bearing cold reduce dravya hinsa?

A:

In Jain Dharma, reducing harm is always better, so taking only the needed tablets can help reduce dravya hiṁsā if the medicine is not excessive or unnecessary.

But bearing cold is not automatically a vir... Read More 

Q: is there a jain method for surgery?

A:

Jain Dharma does not prescribe a special “Jain surgery” method in the medical sense.

But Jain principles do guide how one should approach surgery:

• Ahimsa: choose the treatment that causes the least harm and is truly necessary... Read More 

Q: Should jains observe veganism?

A:

In Jain Dharma, the core principle is ahimsa — non-violence in thought, speech, and action. Because of this, many Jains consider veganism to be more aligned with Jain values than ordinary vegetarianism, especially when dairy involves harm to animals.

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Q: if such minor things cause dravya hinsa how can we get moksh

A:

In Jain Dharma, moksha is not attained by becoming completely free from all physical harm in an instant, because as long as the soul is embodied, some dravya hinsa can occur in daily life. The key point is this:

1) Not all hinsa binds the same karma... Read More