#jainism
Kalpavriksha Sculpture inside Jain temples
Agamshastra @Truejainology wrote :
Pic 1) Kalpavriksha inside Dilwara Jain temple.
Pic 2) Kalpavriksha inside Jami masjhid, Champaner.
No it’s not an outcome of so called indo-islamic architecture as taught in our history books.
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Huge Carved Kalpavriksha Inside the Jain Temple of Khambat, Gujarat
Agamshastra @Truejainology wrote :
A huge carved kalpavriksha (probably the largest one found) inside the jain temple of Khambat, which was later converted into Jami Masjid.
The carving is similar to the one found inside the jain temples of Dilwara, Kumbhariya & Ranakpur.
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The story of the blind men and the elephant traces itself across Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu sources, painting a portrait of the various interpretations of reality that emerge from missing the forest for its trees.
Continued: https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/07/seeing-the-elephant.html
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Anointation of feet to Lord Sri Bahubali Swamy of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, Karnataka
(via Instagram: Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple)
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Extremists tend to completely misread the intentions of an ideology, or to concentrate on specific details while ignoring other parts that contradict their interpretation. It’s not always true (although presumably it sometimes is) to say that extremists are the “one true interpretation” of an ideology.
Furthermore, it is not the job of people who believe in the mainstream interpretation of an ideology to police the fringes. Although maybe as an atheist, this opinion is self-serving.
The beliefs and practices of Jainism are not beyond criticism.
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