What is the central teaching of Jainism?
A. karma
B. navjote
C. vak lao
D. moksha
D. moksha
Release from reincarnation, called—as in Hinduism—moksha, is the central teaching of Jainism.
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A) If you do bad acts, you are bound to be reborn to reap the bad results. B) If you do good acts, you are not bound to be reborn to reap the good results. C) Either Arjuna must fight or he must not fight. D) Either you do good acts or bad acts.
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A) ?It applies to Siddhartha Gautama and not his followers. B) ?It originated as an English term. C) ?It means "the compassionate one." D) ?It is not a personal name.
The emergence of a new paradigm in a field affects those in a group that practices that field by
A) converting them all to a new way of perceiving reality. B) requiring retraining and reeducation in their field. C) disqualifying many of them from professional practice. D) making the older school of thought eventually disappear.