How jainishm created
Jainism does not teach a creator god who made the world. Here is the simple, traditional view:
- The universe (jagat) is eternal and beginningless. It has no origin that started everything; it has always existed in cycles of variation.
- The Jain view of time is cyclical, with great cosmic eras called Utsarpini (ascending half-cycle) and Avasarpini (descending half-cycle). These cycles repeat, but there is no moment when “creation” began.
- What we see as the world and living beings arise due to karma. Jivas (souls) bound by karma inhabit bodies, experience suffering or joy, and move through cycles of birth and death until they attain liberation (moksha).
- There is no single creator who makes the world; rather, natural processes and the accumulated law of karma give rise to the cosmos and its beings.
- In Jain cosmology, there are many liberated souls and siddhas who can guide or inspire, but they do not create the world itself.
If you’d like, I can point to Jain explanations of key terms like jiva, ajiva, karma, and moksha in simple terms.