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title: "7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism"  
description: "Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions, originating in India at least 2,500 years ago. Here's 7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-15  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1577/7-most-important-and-interesting-facts-about-jainism  
category: "religion"  
tags: ["Jainism", "Jain Dharma", "Jain", "Jainism culture", "Jain facts", "interesting facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism

![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/7180a271-782f-40e5-a204-c6f317d79d92.jpeg) ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/bc1723ff-563a-47fd-8db7-425dab7b3dde.jpeg) Jains believe that all living beings, from plants to animals to bacteria, have souls. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/4febfaa3-f8e8-4e18-9655-e17bb4fc5bdd.jpeg) Jain doctrine holds that Jainism has always existed and always will exist. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/a305e0b2-bb00-4942-a7ff-30f20a4e68b4.jpeg) Karmas in Jainism are actually particulate matter that attach to the soul. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/a97f5414-db14-4f35-ae77-485ed12e5520.jpeg) Jainism maintains that there are multiple universes. We live in Bharat Kshetra, which is one of the three universes having for religion. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/48ec1e10-89c8-4d9a-983f-d4cf8c086cf1.jpeg) There are over 100,000 Jains living in the United States today. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/fee4577e-d25e-4091-9935-9f873b92c360.jpeg) Belgian Jains originating from the Gujarati city of Palanpur control around 60% of the world's rough diamond trade. ![7 Most Important and Interesting Facts about Jainism](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2a6c9b6f-1a68-4aee-973e-65c5faab08e2/images/d872fee7-21f5-4edd-9241-20341b2c30d3.jpeg) Jains are the most educated religious group in India, and among the richest in America.

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