Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion whose three main pillars are nonviolence (ahiṃsā), asceticism (aparigraha), and a rejection of any simplistic or one-sided view of truth and reality (anekāntavāda). Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras, supreme preachers of dharma. The first tirthankara in the current time cycle is Rishabhadeva, who tradition holds lived millions of years ago; the twenty-third tirthankara is Parshvanatha, traditionally dated to the 9th century BCE; and the twenty-fourth tirthankara is Mahavira, who lived around the 6th or 5th BCE.