Jain dharm me aisi koi ek “dharm sabha” nahi hai jo har prani ko sirf usi se samantapuvak Sharan de. Sharan ya refuge ke liye Jain sangh ki mukhya dharna teen mulbhoot stambhon par tikti hai:

• Sadhu-Sadhvi (monastic order): jo ahiṃsā, aparigraha aur sādhu dharma ki path-pradarakshak hain; ve sabhi jivon ke liye adarsh aur margdarshan ka strot hain.
• Dharma (dharma-shiksha): Tirthankar ke updesh, Jain shastra aur niyam jo praniyon ko moks ke marg par le jaane ke liye disha-sandarshak hote hain.
• Saṃgha (community): samudaay ki sahaayata se log apni dharmik yatra me sahayata aur samarthan paate hain.

Jain panth me yeh teenon milkar har jiva ko Sharan aur moks ki or agrasar karte hain. Digambar aur Śvetāmbar traditions ke beech kuch vakya-vyakhyaon ya riwāazon me antar ho sakta hai, lekin mul tatva—ahiṃsā, anekantavāda (anekāntavāda), aneha (non-violence) aur shikshan ka mahatva—inko ek saath samjhaate hain.

Agar aap chahein to main in vikalpon ki aur vyakhya Digambar–Śvetāmbar ki bhinnataon ke saath aasan bhasha me samjha sakta hun.