CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION of the KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA
KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA THE UNIVERSAL JAIN SAṄGHA (RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY) [53 of 78]
APPENDIX VI [9 of 28]
1. The definition of non-possession, where the former do not include a few items such as clothes and alms bowls, but the latter also consider them to be possessions. Since the other 4 vows (non-violence, truth, honesty and celibacy) are not questioned, but non-violence is considered the first and highest vow, there has NEVER been a religious war or a violent conflict between the two sects in history and up to now.
2. about the assumption whether the woman can also attain salvation in this life or only the man. The former also say the woman, but the latter only the man.
On both of these points read the excellent book Gender and Redemption by Padmanath S. Jaini, see (German translation) http://sonnenstube.org/xa/Introduction/Meditation/eingang.htm .
This is the first step.
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