Jainism

Jainism is one of the oldest known religions in the world today and is very closely related to Hinduism. One difference from Hinduism however, would be the way that the Vedas are interpreted. Jainism is a non-vedic religion with a universal message of non-violence, although its views on karma and sansara are the same as that of Hinduism.
The faith of Jainism came about with Mahavira, who was born around 599 BC. He decided to abandon his well known life, and take a not so traveled path of an ascetic life. He went through castigation, including bodily and spiritual injury for twelve years an…