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Presently for the Jains this is most auspicious month. Jains have so many branches i.e. Digamber, Shwetamber, Tera Panthi, Murti pujak etc. The people of this religion are known for strict dieting habits and fasts in addition to the disciplined pooja in temple. Hence in this month most of the Jains are regular visitor to their temples, do fasts and follow strict food habits. Also they donate a lot in this month but mostly in temples. 'Paryushan Parva' or 'Daslakshan Parva' is a festival of 10 days for the jains during which they give maximum for the worship of God. Despite being a business community, jains would not mind to let the business affect adversely at the cost of Dharma during this month. By the way I am not a diehard Jain follower and hence not very focused on such issues. Basically Jainism is religion and not a caste as is generally believed. Treating a religion a caste is the biggest reason for today's conflict worldwide. It is very old religion but the documentation of the Jain Shastras is only during the time of Lord Mahaveer (24th Tirthankar) i.e. about 2500 years back. Lord Mahaveer and Gautam Buddha were almost of same period and therefore can be termed as latest religion coming out from Hindus. However after these religions Sikh and Swaminarayan religions grew alongwith Christian and Mohmedans (Muslim).
All religions give almost same teachings but we people still fight with each other and try to prove our religion better than others.
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