Sixth century B.C. witnessed many religious movements in different parts of the world. Heraclitus in Eoinia Island, Zoroaster in Persia and Confucius in China preached new doctrines. In India too, we find an upheaval of new ideas leading to the rise of new philosophical tenets and religious sects. They were too many and too much varied because philosophical speculations ranged [...]
The below mentioned article provides an essay on Saivism. The other popular sect of Hinduism is Saivism. Like Vishnu, Siva is also worshipped by the majority of the Hindus. Of course, there had been rivalry between the two sects and each claimed superiority of their own god over the other but differences were mostly reconciled and now both of them [...]
Learn about the comparison between Jainism and Buddhism. Mahavira and Buddha were contemporaries and there was much in common between Buddhism and Jainism. Because of striking resemblances between the two, certain scholars have opined that Jainism owes its origin to Buddhism or Jainism is only a branch of Buddhism. Weber said, "Jains are merely the oldest sects of Buddhism." Lassen [...]