Its central doctrine is non-injury to living creatures.
Salvation is attained by perfection of the soul through successive lives.
Numbering some 3.6 million adherents, its followers in India are mostly found in Gujarat and Maharashtra states. Jainism Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 2. The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001 3. Jainism The Oxford Companion to Philosophy 4. Contributors to the bloomsbury guide to human thought Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 5.