Mahaveer (24th Tirthankar, Lord Mahavira) ki ganatantra ya rajya-samaj ki dharnaen aam taur par dharm aur samajik niti par kendrit hain, na ki sirf rajneeti par. Jain dharma me yeh mool mudde hain:

• Ahimsa (anu-viṣṭha himsa se bachna): Rajya aur samaj ko aise vyavahar se chalna chahiye jo sabhi jeevon ko dukh na de. Yahi mukhya niti hai.
• Satya (satya ki purnata): Sarkar ko sachai, nyay aur par-grah ke bina chalna chahiye; avashyak jankari aur suchna par adharit nirnay.
• Aparigraha (aparigrah ki bhavna): Rajya ki lalach ya aparigraha se bachna; saral jeevan, sadhan ki simaon me rehkar samajik kalyan par kendrit rehna.
• Dharma ki uvrtti: Shakti aur dhan ki prashasti ke bajay dharma ke uchch darje par rehkar sabhi logon ki bhavnaon aur adhikar ka samman.
• Sabhyata aur samavedana: Ek jantavmukhta ke sath vibhinn vicharon, jivon aur dharmik paramparaon ki puri samvedana ke saath shasan chalana; ane-kāntavāda (anekantavāda) se samajik samvad aur sahishnuta ko badhava milta hai.
• Vibhinn jivon ki suraksha aur samman: Pashu-pakshi se lekar manushya tak, sabka jeev pehchaan aur suraksha ki drishti se shasan ki zimmedari.
• Adhikar–kartavya ki samanta: Yashasvi raja ya samajik neta ke liye kartavya, nyay, aur vikas ki prathmikta; shasan me anyaay ya durvyavahar ki jagah nyayik prakriyaon ko mahatva.

Digambar–Śvetāmbara dono paramparaon me mukhya dharmic siddhant yahi hain, lekin kuch vyakhya aur udaharan alag ho sakte hain. Digambar parivar me sangh-shasan, sanyas ki uchchata aur jainankar bhavnaon ki jor zyada nazar aati hai; Śvetāmbara sutron me rajgun ki niti aur dharm-sabdhan ki vyakhya thodi alag pradarshit hoti hai. Phir bhi, dono me ahimsa, satya, aparigraha, aur samajik samvedana ko prathmik sthaan milta hai.

Agar aap chahen, main is vishay par adhik vistar se Jain sutron aur pravachan (jaise ki ahimsa, anekantavada, ya dharmic rajya ki vyakhya) ka sankshipt arth aur prasang aapke liye simple points me de sakta hoon.