Is par Jain dharm ki dharna kya kehti hai:

• Anadi dharm: Jainism ko kai Jain acharayon mein anadi (anadiya) ya “anant kal se chala aa raha dharm” mana jata hai. Is drishtikon se yeh dharm sadiyon se, bina shuruat ke chalata aa raha hai.

• Itihasik roop: Vidalit tareeke se itihasik taur par Jainism ki vyavasthit pragati Mahavira ke samay (lagbhag 6th century BCE ke aas-paas) se juri jaati hai. Iska matlab yeh hai ki shuddh roop se Jainism ne us waqt apni sthaapna ki, lekin usse pehle bhi samajik aur dharmik vichar dharaayein ispar chali aayi thi.

• “Sabse purana dharm” ki baat: Kaafi log is sawal ko leke alag-alag mansha rakhte hain. Kuch dharmik paramparaon (jaise ki kuch Hindu dharmik paramparaen) bahut hi purani hain, aur Buddhism bhi bahut prachin maana jata hai. Isliye kehna ki sabse purana dharm sirf ek hi dharm ko maana jaye, yeh itihasik roop se spasht roop se sahi nirnay nahi hota. Jainism apni anadiyata aur prachin shikshaon ke karan bahut prachin aur moolik dharm mana jata hai, lekin is baat ki ghoshna ki “sabse purana” ka daawa karna thoda vyakhya par nirbhar karta hai.

• Spasht mudde: Jain dharm ki keendriya shikshaayein—ahimsa (hinsha se pare), anekantvaad (anek roopon ki satya), aparigraha (ashray se mukt jeevan)—in sab par adharit hain, chahe yeh anadi maani jaye ya 6th century BCE ke aas-paas ki vyavaharik itihas se judi rahe.

Yeh saral roop se samjhaayata hai ki:

• Jainism ko anadi maana jata hai by tradition.
• Itihasik roop se prachin tareekh lag bhag Mahavira ke samay se juri hai.
• “Sabse purana dharm” ka daawa sabhi dharmon ke beech alag-alag drishtikon se dekha jata hai.

Aap chahein to main Digambar ya Shwetambar paramparaa ke anusar is mudde ki visheshtaen bhi bataa sakta hoon.