Preloading

Introduction to Jainism

Varun Soni, dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, gives a primer on Jainism, one of the four major religions out of India. Jainism centers on the belief that there is a soul but no god.

Get more information on OWN's groundbreaking seven-part series Belief, including episode discussion guides, journals and videos.
Published 10/18/2015
More Videos
A Change Is Gonna Come
A Good Life
Acts of Faith
God Help Us
Love's Story
The Practice
The Seekers
For Your Emmy Consideration: Oprah Winfrey Presents 'Belief'
Introduction to Islam
Jordan Richter - After Belief
Rena and Yermi Udkoff - After Belief
Introduction to Buddhism
Introduction to Christianity
Introduction to Hinduism
Introduction to Jainism
Introduction to Judaism
Introduction to Sufism
Ian and Larissa - After Belief
Karen Cavanagh - After Belief
Mendel Hurwitz - After Belief
Reshma Thakkar - After Belief
Oprah on Having Faith in Every Moment - Video
Oprah on How She Finds Peace - Video
Oprah Shares 5 Definitions of Love - Video
"Our Capacity for Love Is So Rich" - Video
5 Quotes That Prove Life Is A Journey We Take Together - Video
5 Unbelievable Things People Do in the Name of Faith - Video
A Grief-Stricken Father and Daughter Search For Peace - Video
A Most Dangerous Leap of Faith on Pentecost Island - Video
A Young Monk Unites Body and Spirit Through Kung Fu - Video
Explore Belief Through Stories of Devout Practice - Video
Free-Climber Alex Honnold Embraces Life at the Edge of Death - Video
How Rumi's Teachings Saved Karen Cavanagh's Life - Video
Mendel Hurwitz Prepares to Become a Man - Video
Oprah on Living in the Moment - Video
Oprah on the Nature of Humanity - Video
Oprah on the Power of Forgiveness - Video
Oprah on What Creativity Means to Her - Video
Oprah on What Makes Something Sacred - Video
Oprah: 'Prayer Is Your Heart's Yearning' - Video
Reshma Thakkar Reclaims Her Faith at the Kumbh Mela - Video
The Largest Pilgrimage in the World You Never Knew About - Video
What It Takes (and Looks Like) to Be on Top of the World - Video
Mark Nepo: Earth Prayer
Watch Deepak Chopra in Death Makes Life Possible
Brene Brown on Leaving Her Church (and Why She Went Back) - Video
Elizabeth Gilbert on Filling an 'Eternal Black Hole of Despair'-Video
How Iyanla Vanzant Saw Divinity in Her Darkest Moment - Video
Marianne Williamson: The World Isn't What It Appears to Be - Video
Deepak Chopra on the Fundamental Reality of the Universe - Video