Jainism and Hinduism (actually Vaishnavism)

[Anand V. Hudli]

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 21:53:40 -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas
 <jaldhar at BRAINCELLS.COM> wrote:

>
>Well anyone who goes that far, has to contend with the undeniable fact
>that all Vedic philosophies posit a Supreme Being whether personal or
>impersonal.  Whereas in Jainism, all those free Jivas out there are
>floating around completely independently.  That seems to be a pretty huge
>difference to me.
>
>

 Be that as it may, any philosophy based on the Vedas must necessarily
 accept the Vedas in their entirety. Any selective or conditional
 acceptance or acceptance with "modifications" (mutatis mutandis!)
 makes the philosophy avaidika.

 Anand