Kya vaishyo ne hi jain dharm banwaya tha
Nahi. Jain dharm ki sthaapna aur aarthik/aatmavikas ki margdarshika Tirthankar Mahavira aur anya Tirthankaron dwara di gayi thi. Vaishya (ya koi anya varna) is dharm ko banane wale ke roop me nahi maane jate; balki Vaishya ya anya log is dharm ke shikhar patra (śrāvak/shravika) ke roop me bhag lete aaye hain, aur dharm ki dharma-palan (ahimsa, aparigraha, anekantavada, etc.) me sahayak rahe hain.
- Jain dharm mein varna ke roop me banabandh nahi kiya jata, balki sabhi log (śrāvak, śrī, bhikṣu bhikṣuṇī, etc.) chahe kisi bhi varn ke ho, apna yogdan de sakte hain.
- Digambar aur Shwetambar dono mukhya dharmon me ek saaf sidhaant hai ki Mahavira ji ke netritva me hi Jain dharm ki prachaarana hui, aur vaishya ya anya logon ki bhumika shuddh bhikṣu/śrāvak ke roop me pratishthit hoti hai.
Yadi aap chahen to is vishay par Jain scriptures ke arth (arth) aur vistaar me samjhane ke liye main aur seedhe udaharan de sakta hoon.