Jaina Dharma

Jainism’s emphasis on the equality between all
forms of life is consistent with a principle so beautifully stated by the Son
of Yahuwah: “As you would that men should do to you, do you also unto
them.”  (Luke 6:31)  The importance that Jainists place on spiritual
independence is likewise laudable.  Many
who rely on their priests, pastors or rabbis to decide what is truth for them would do well to learn from the
example of the Jainists, as no one can be salvation for someone else.

Nevertheless, the truths of Jainism are mingled
with error.  Thus, its sincere followers
are kept from arriving at true joy and knowledge.  Following is a general list of errors found
in this religion.

• Although
  Jainism was founded as a non-theistic religion, Jainists of today believe that
  multiple deities dwell in the heavens. 
  However, there is only one deity: the Creator of Heaven and earth.  He explains: “I am Yahuwah,
  and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God [El/Deity].”  (Isaiah 45:5)

• Jainism, like
  all other organized religions with their stated creeds, is a religion based on
  salvation by works.  The only way to
  obtain liberation from reincarnation and enter the higher realm is through a
  life of severe self-denial and asceticism. 
  The Creator declares: “For by grace you have been saved through faith,
  and that not of yourselves; it is
  the gift of [Yah], not of works, lest anyone should boast.”  (Ephesians 2:8, 9)  Every true advancement, every thorough
  transformation of character, is a gift.

  Salvation, character transformation and even eternal life itself is a divine gift that cannot be
  obtained through human works. 

• The
  Jainist version of karma is yet another extension of salvation by works which,
  ultimately, will always be doomed to failure: “For by the works of the law
  shall no flesh be justified.”  (Galatians
  2:16)

• Janinists
  believe that at death, the soul is reborn into another life, the state of which
  is dependent on the karma accrued during their previous life.  Such a belief is founded on the assumption
  that the soul is immortal.  The
  problem of such a belief is two-fold:

  1. The Creator alone is naturally immortal.  See 1 Timothy 6:13-16.

  2. At
  death, the body returns to the earth and the spirit to Yah who gave it.  There is no consciousness after death, either
  as a spirit or reincarnation into another life: “For the
  living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have
  they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.  Also their love, and their hatred, and their
  envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
  that is done under the sun.”  (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6)

Yahuwah, the Creator of all, now invites His
children in the Jainist faith to turn aside from the efforts to advance
themselves and accept His gift of grace that will transform their characters
and elevate them beyond their highest hopes and aspirations.  “Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the
things which Yahuwah hath prepared for them that.”  (1
Corinthians 2:9)