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    What characters Arihant Bhagwan have

    12 months ago 154

    Here are the main qualities (characters) of an Arihant Bhagwan in Jainism:

    • Kevaljnan (omniscience): An Arihant has perfect, all-knowing wisdom. They know everything about the past, present, and future.
    • Right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct (Samyak Darshan, Samyak Jnana, Samyak Charitra): They have conquered strong passions and follow the pure paths of belief, knowledge, and behavior.
    • Inner purity: All karmic bonds are burned or burned away; they live with complete separation from worldly attachments.
    • Awe-inspiring virtue: They embody non-violence (ahimsa), truth (satya), austerity, self-control, compassion, and moral discipline.
    • Teachers of the path: They show others the right way to attain liberation and help uplift souls toward enlightenment.
    • For Digambar and Shwetambar differences:
    - In both traditions, Arihants are perfected souls, but terminology and emphasis can differ slightly. Digambar tradition often uses terms like Kevalin for the omniscient released soul, while Shwetambar traditions may use Arihant/Arhat with similar meaning. Both agree that Arihants have surpassed all passions and possess supreme knowledge and conduct, and yet they may still appear in the world to guide others before final liberation.

    If you’d like, I can summarize differences between Digambar and Shwetambar descriptions in more detail.

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