Jainism ke anusar, shastro (agam ya granth) ka mahatva bahut hai, lekin unki har baat ko andh vishwas ke roop mein nahi maana gaya hai. Jain darshan mein samyak gyaan (right knowledge), samyak darshan (right faith), aur samyak charitra (right conduct) ko moksha ke marg ka aadhaar mana gaya hai.

Jain shastras ko pramanik (authentic) tabhi mana jaata hai jab ve Anekantvad (anek drishtikon), Syadvad (sabhi baaton ka relative satya), aur ahimsa jaise mool siddhanton ke anukul ho. Acharyas aur tattvagya bhi shastron ki vyakhya samay ke anusaar karte rahe hain.

Jainism mein yeh bhi kaha gaya hai ki "apne vivek se, gyaan aur logic se shastron ki baaton ko parakhna chahiye." Bhagwan Mahavir ne bhi yahi sandesh diya tha ki bina soche-samjhe kisi bhi baat ko na maanein.

Isliye, shastro ki har baat tabhi pramanik hai jab ve Jain siddhanton, vivek aur anubhav ke anukul ho. Andh vishwas ki jagah, samyak vivek aur gyaan par zor diya gaya hai.