1.Goes back to 6th century beginning in India 1. Youngest of the world religion, being only 500 years old 2.No god or gods 2. Believe in one god 3.believe that life is as series of births, death, and rebirth until the soul has sheded of Karma and can achieve liberation. 3. Teaches how to experience god for ones self 4. Believe in non-violence and celibacy 4. Vows to restrain from sexual relationship outside of marriage 5. They are strict vegetarians 5. They restrain from eating meat, alcohol, and tobacco products

Part 2

Respond to the following questions in 150 to 200 words:

1. What do you think is the most important similarity and which is the most important difference? Use specifics to support your answer. There are a couple of similarities that are important not only to these to religions, but to many others as well. These similarities are the belief of restraining themselves from things that contaimate the body. It is obvious that they both respect the human body to the compacity that they are willing to take vows of celibacy.
The difference between the two is the fact that one believe strongly in one god and the other believe that there is no god or gods.

2. Consider the following statement: Sallekhana (“holy death”) violates the Jain principle of ahimsa because it is an act of violence against oneself. Using examples from Ch. 5 of your text, what points might a follower of Jainism make to argue against this statement? According to our text, tendencies toward nonviolence and austerity in Hinduism nad Buddhism are carried to their logical endpoint in Jainism, and the skepticism of early Buddhism is practiced rigorously (Molly 2013). It is this study which gives greater clarity to the understanding of those two other Indian religions (Molly 2013).

References:
Molloy, M. (2013). Experiencing the world’s religions: