Answer

Yes, there is a similarity.

In Jain Dharma, the universe is considered beginningless and endless. It was never created by anyone, and it will never be destroyed completely. Time moves in continuous cycles.

Hindu traditions also include ideas of cyclic time, where creation, preservation, and destruction happen repeatedly in cycles.

Explanation

In Jain Dharma:

• The universe is anādi-ananta — without beginning and without end.
• There is no creator God who creates the universe.
• Time moves in two great half-cycles:
  • Utsarpiṇī — ascending cycle
  • Avasarpiṇī — descending cycle
• These cycles continue forever.

So Jain Dharma teaches that the universe itself is eternal, but conditions within it keep changing.

Spiritual Understanding

The important Jain point is that even though the universe is eternal, the soul’s bondage is not permanent. Through right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct, the soul can become free from karma and attain moksha.

Takeaway

Both Jain Dharma and many Hindu traditions accept cyclic time, but Jain Dharma uniquely teaches that the universe is eternal, uncreated, and governed by natural laws of karma, not by a creator God.