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Āgamas - Jain Scriptures | ||||
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Subject Matter of the Āgamas
Āgama deal with proper conduct; with preaching of Jain religion; with contemporary concepts pertaining to psychology, biology, environment, material sciences, geography, history, politics, mathematics, astrology, cosmology, cosmography, astronomy, and related topics; with atonements and the treatment of the general and exceptional rules of Jain monastic conduct; with the life story of the followers of the path propounded by the Jinas; with teachings for eternal wisdom and fundamentals of religious conduct by narrating illustrative stories; with Lord Mahavira's dialogues with others; with metaphysics; with the various states of a soul; with the Jain view of the nature and the types of knowledge; with discussions pertaining to soul (Atmā), matter (Pudgal), knowledge (Jnan), Naya, Pramāna, etc.; with the Jain method of exposition (anuyoga). etc.
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