Why do Ganesha, Buddha and Tirthankar look the way they do now? A show at the British Museum traces the origin stories of ...

Near the 2,200-year-old Pale Jain caves, the Abhay Prabhavana Museum is redefining heritage with immersive technology, ...

Mohini Jain: “I am hopeful the impact of the chair at UC Davis will be a broadening of minds and a renewed focus on dialogue and peace.” (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Gift will establish the ...

Cerritos College in Norwalk — where the majority of students are Latino and the first in their families to attend college — is a stone’s throw from Southern California’s famed “Little India,” a ...

Economics is the science of prosperity. Hence, the desire for economic development is associated with the pursuit of higher income, a higher standard of living and, subsequently, more happiness in ...

Jainism doesn't have a single founder. The truth has been revealed at different times by a tirthankara, which means a teacher who 'makes a ford' i.e. shows the way. Other religions call such a person ...

“Jainism can never become a popular religion because of its asceticism,” says Hampa Nagarajaiah, an eminent Kannada scholar on Jainism. Popularly known by his pen name Hampana, Mr. Nagarajaiah is one ...

Chairman Press Council of India,former judge Supreme Court Of India. Although there are many Jainis in India, most people, including many Jainis, do not know about the philosophy of Jainism. I was a ...

Why do millions of practitioners of the Jain religion strive to avoid harming even microscopic creatures? Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George Yancy Mr. Yancy is a ...

This page discusses Jain beliefs regarding women and equality. Jainism is a religion of religious equality, devoted to recognising the rights of all living creatures, so not surprisingly it accepts ...