Jain dharm mein antar-dharma ya sect ko “sabse accha” bolna theek nahi hai. Sabhi mukhya sampradāy (Digambar, Śvetāmbara) aur vibhajitoṁ jaise Tapagachha, Kharatar Gaccha (Kharatara Gaccha), Terapanth, Sthanakwasi aadi, sabhi arahant-śiksha, ahimsa, tārīkhi bhakti, aura mokṣa ki aur le jaate hain. Mukhy baat ye hai ki har sect apne parampara, guru-parampara, tapasya-vidhi aur samudaayik jeevan ko maante hue Jain dharm ki puri puri shuddhta ke saath marg darshata hai.

Nicha kuch mukhya baatein hain (saral roop mein) ki in secton mein kya alag hota hai:

• Digambar (mool roop, adhikansh bhikshu/ bhikshuni apanāte hain nudity se praapt shuddhta ki chinh ke roop mein; anek prakar ke vrata, sangharsh aur tapasya ki parampara).
• Śvetāmbara (आम taur par nityanirmita ācāryo ki sangathan; bhikshu bhikṣuṇī kapṛa dharan karte hain; grāmya aur mandir prathā ke kṣetraon mein vyavahār zyada dhārādhārā hota hai).
• Tapagachha (Digambar sampradāy ki ek pramukh up-sankhya; vishesh tapasya aur sampradāyik ritirivāj par zor).
• Kharatar Gaccha (Digambar sampradāy ki ek historic line, apna guru-parampara se shiksha aur niyam).
• Terapanth (Śvetāmbara sampradāy ki ek vyavahārik, sangathit, aur vistarit prathā; sanyās, sadachār aur naitik-adhikār par kendrit)
• Sthanakwasi (Śvetāmbara ki ek shaant, tapasvi-madhya, kam upalambhon ke saath anek vrats aur upvason par dhyan)
• Digambar (Digambara sampradāy ka mukhya dharma-punargathit roop; nudity ke alaava alag-alag tapasya ane-kritiyon par zor)

Kisī sect ko “best” kahna batāīye guna ke hisaab se nahi; yeh aapke liye theek hai ya nahin, yeh bahut personal, parivarik, aur sthānīya samudaay par nirbhar karta hai. Aap in baaton par vichār kar sakte hain:

• Aapki pūrva parichay aur guru-parampara kis sect ki taraf zyada milti hai?
• Aapke shehar ya gaon mein kis sect ki sēvā aur mandir zyada sukh-dhaayak lagte hain?
• Aapki vyakti-gat tapasya (upvas, bhakti, paath) kis parampara ke anusār prabhavshāli lagti hai?
• Aapke parivārik parampara aur riwāj kis sect ke anukul hain?

Agar aap chahen to main in secton ki paramparaon ki sadhika suraaksha, shiksha-pustakon ki saral vyakhya ya mukhya dharmik karya (paath, upvas, puja) ki tulna ke baare mein bhi batā sakta hoon.