Followers of Jainism, one of India's many religions and philosophies, founded around 600 BC by Vardhamana Mahavir, 24th of its great religious figures, as a protest against the orthodox early Hindu ritualistic cult period. Jainism does not espouse belief in a creator god. At its ethical core is the doctrine of Ahimsa or non-injury to all living creatures. Its religious ideal is the perfection of human nature which is achieved primarily through living an ascetic life.
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