Sacred Texts of the World. Episode 19, Related Traditions - Jain Scriptures.
Sacred Texts of the World. Episode 19, Related Traditions - Jain Scriptures.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Grant Hardy
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
Jainism, a sister religion to Buddhism, maintains an unusual relationship to scripture. Explore the principles and ascetic customs of the faith's two groups, the Shvetambara and Digambara, which reject each other's scriptures as forgeries. Study excerpts from each group's sacred texts, revered yet never held as the heart of the faith.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6747879 Kanopy
Philosophy and religion.
Education films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Grant Hardy
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
Jainism, a sister religion to Buddhism, maintains an unusual relationship to scripture. Explore the principles and ascetic customs of the faith's two groups, the Shvetambara and Digambara, which reject each other's scriptures as forgeries. Study excerpts from each group's sacred texts, revered yet never held as the heart of the faith.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6747879 Kanopy
Philosophy and religion.
Education films.