Jains tend to choose business because it is the least himsic of all professions. They are known as the Stanakvasis and the Terapanthis. Both are said to have their roots with a layman known asLonka Shah who studied Svetambara scriptues. He found that the practice of Jainism had little basis in the scripture. For Stanakvasis, the adherenceto ahimsa and to compassion is vital.
Image worship is rejected onthe basis that it is corrupt and represents ties to worldly goods.
Instead, Stanakvasis participate solely in bhavapuja or mental worship. For the most part, Stanakvasis reside in Gujarat. The Terapanthis name their official founder as Acarya Bhiksu. Bhiksu was born in 1776 in Rajistan and was originally a Stanikvasi. Like the Stanikvasis, Terapanthis, reject image worship and belive that ahimsa is vital.