If the Digambars don’t believe in agams what scriptures do they follow
Digambar Jains do not accept the current Svetambara Agamas as authentic. They hold that the original Agama scriptures were lost long ago and instead follow their own canonical framework, built around early Digambara texts and the Anuyoga literature, along with a few key works they deem closer to Mahavira’s teachings.
- Core Digambara scriptures include the Shatkhaṇḍāgama (Satkhandagama) and Kaṣāyapāhuda (Kasayapahuda), which are regarded as foundational, plus the four Anuyogas (Prathama, Charana, Karananuyoga, Dravyanuyoga) and related commentaries. They also follow later texts like Pravacanasāra and other treatises by renowned Digambara scholars. These form the primary scriptural basis for Digambaras today. You can read more here and here .
- There is a shared foundational reference: Tattvārtha Sūtra is respected by both Svetāmbara and Digambara traditions, though each tradition has its own versions and implications. You can read more here .
- In short, Digambaras follow their own canonical corpus (Satkhandagama, Kasayapahuda, Anuyogas, Pravacanasāra, etc.) rather than the Svetāmbara Āgama collection. You can read a concise explanation here .
If you’d like, I can point to a specific Digambara text and summarize its teaching in simple terms.