Examples of Sramana in the following topics:
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- Sramana broke with Vedic Hinduism over the
authority of the Brahmins and the need to follow ascetic lives.
- Several
Sramana movements are known to have existed in India before the 6th century
BCE.
- Sramana existed in parallel to,
but separate from, Vedic Hinduism.
- Sramana traditions drew upon established Brahmin concepts to
formulate their own doctrines.
- An image of a Jain monk, one of the practitioners of the varied Sramana traditions.
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- Jainism is a pre-Buddhist religion with roots in the Sramana
tradition.
- Jainism
is based on an ancient Indian religious philosophy called Sramana, which began
as an offshoot of the Vedic religion.
- Several Sramana movements are known to
have existed in India before the 6th century BCE.
- Sramaṇa traditions (or religious and moral practices) later gave rise to varying schools of
Hinduism, as well as Yoga, Buddhism, and Jainism.
- Jain monks and nuns
adhere to these vows absolutely, placing Jainism squarely in the ascetic and
self-discipline traditions of Sramana.
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- Buddhism
is based on an ancient Indian religious philosophy called Sramana, which began
as an offshoot of the Vedic religion.
- Several Sramana movements are known to
have existed in India before the 6th century BCE.
- Sramaṇa traditions (or its religious and moral practices) later gave rise to varying schools of
Hinduism, as well as Yoga, Jainism, and Buddhism.
- In
addition to the Vedic Brahmins, the Buddha’s lifetime coincided with the flourishing
of influential Sramana schools of thought, including Jainism.
- It marks the release from the cycle of
rebirths, known in the Sramana tradition as samsara.
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- Sramana,
meaning "seeker," refers to several Indian religious movements, including Buddhism
and Jainism, that existed alongside the Vedic religion—the historical
predecessor of modern Hinduism.
- The Sramana traditions drove the so-called Hindu
synthesis after the Vedic period that spread to southern Indian and parts of
Southeast Asia.
- It is also thought to
have included both Buddhist and Sramana influences.