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Jainism Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This cheat sheet tells you about the religion of Jainism. It also informs you about Vardhamana Mahavira anddd its basically a whole summary of the chapter! i rlly hope it helps you :)

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

The Great Preacher

Every religion has a reason for its being, so the question comes, why was jainism created. That is, Vardhamana Mahavira was a kshatriya prince but he gave up his life of luxury, at the age of 30, became an ascetic, and left his home.
Some say that it was because during he lived during the later vedic period, in india, where there were a lot of sacrif­ices, supers­tit­ions, meanin­gless rituals and many evil customs and he thought there was more to life than following a religion so hard to follow. So maybe that's why he left home in the search of truth.

Early Life

Vardhamana Mahavira was the twenty fourth and the last tirtha­nkara of the jains.
He was born in 540 BCE in Kundagram near Vaishali.
He was a kshatriya prince but he gave up his life of luxury and comfort and at the age of 30, he left home in search of truth and became an ascetic