Time and Existence minus God in Jainism

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Associate Professor, Department of Religions and Mysticism, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran

10.22034/jrr.2023.321427.1968

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The essence of time and existence, as it is considered in other nations, is emphasized in Jainism and is counted as one of the important topics in its texts, which forms the basis of the followers' belief. Time is related to the cosmos and existence, and in the light of time, the cosmos is justified in a constant cycle in the wheel of time. Just as time in a cycle has stages and divisions for which there is no beginning or end, existence also rises and sets in the circle of time without beginning and ending in the cycle of its stages. In addition, the importance of Jainism's cosmology is in justifying the atheism of the universe with a great substance or mahastha in six categories, Jivah and Ajivah, Dharma and Adharma, Kale and Podgale.
 

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