http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109801/standing-figure-of-a-jina-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Standing Figure of a Jina: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109801/standing-figure-of-a-jina-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109801/standing-figure-of-a-jina-gallery-label-current Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Standing Figure of a Jina: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2006-07-05</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The Jains believe in a group of twenty-four "teacher-liberators" (Jinas), also known as <i>tirtankharas</i> or "forders" who ford the gulf between the phenomenal world and "liberation" (nirvana). While both Buddhists and Jains were advocates of nonviolence toward all sentient beings and rejected the Hindu caste system, the Jains stressed the importance of austere and rigorous ascetic practices more than the Buddhists. The Digambara order ("sky-clad" or "naked") believed that all possessions, by fostering an attachment to the material world, were a hindrance to spiritual liberation. Accordingly, Digambara monks do not wear clothes and images of the Jinas, like this small one, intended for a domestic altar, are depicted naked. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109801/standing-figure-of-a-jina-gallery-label-current The Jains believe in a group of twenty-four "teacher-liberators" (Jinas), also known as tirtankharas or "forders" who ford the gulf between the phenomenal world and "liberation" (nirvana). While both Buddhists and Jains were advocates of nonviolence toward all sentient beings and rejected the Hindu caste system, the Jains stressed the importance of austere and rigorous ascetic practices more than the Buddhists. The Digambara order ("sky-clad" or "naked") believed that all possessions, by fostering an attachment to the material world, were a hindrance to spiritual liberation. Accordingly, Digambara monks do not wear clothes and images of the Jinas, like this small one, intended for a domestic altar, are depicted naked." type="image/jpeg" />The Jains believe in a group of twenty-four "teacher-liberators" (Jinas), also known as tirtankharas or "forders" who ford the gulf between the phenomenal world and "liberation" (nirvana). While both Buddhists and Jains were advocates of nonviolence toward all sentient beings and rejected the Hindu caste system, the Jains stressed the importance of austere and rigorous ascetic practices more than the Buddhists. The Digambara order ("sky-clad" or "naked") believed that all possessions, by fostering an attachment to the material world, were a hindrance to spiritual liberation. Accordingly, Digambara monks do not wear clothes and images of the Jinas, like this small one, intended for a domestic altar, are depicted naked." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts