Sarisar ki sandarbh me Jain dharma, Jain niyam aur tirthankaron ki upadesh ko dharata hai. Jain dharma ko Jain dharman kehta hai ki yeh anadi-nirantarta (nitya) dharma hai, yaani shuruat se hi chalti aayi hai aur kisi anya dharm se pehle ya baad me aayi khabar sirf sampradaya-vadi vichar ho sakti hai.

• Jainism (Jain dharma) ke anusar kahin bhi “shuruat” ki baat jab hoti hai, to Mahavira ke zamane ke pehle bhi tirthankar aur aupanyas ke gahan siddhanton ki bat ki jaati hai; lekin sampradik roop se Jain dharma ko anadi, nitya dharma maana jata hai.
• Vaishnavism ya Vishnu bhakti par adharit Hindu dharma alag dharohar hai. Vaishnavism ki vikas aur itihas Vedic-Puranik yug me hota aaya hai, lekin isko alag dharm ke roop me dekha jata hai. Jain dharma ke nazariye me yeh alag path hai, jisme alag tattva, aradhana aur siddhant hote hain.

Saral me: Jain dharma ko aksar anadi-nitya dharma maana jata hai; Vaishnavism ya Vishnu bhakti Hindu dharma ka ek pramukh hissa hai. Dono alag dharmik pahchanen hain, aur Jain dharma ki mool-vichaarana inme se kisi ki “pahle/baad me aane” ki baat par nirbhar nahi hota, balki apna alag marg aur sidhant rakhta hai.