The dying is made to lie down head facing South. The body without Life is called Sava while the state of Jiva(Soul) is Preta. The Yamadutas, the servants of the Lord of Death, Yama drags the life out. As soon as the life is out, a small oil lamp lit with Gingelly oil is left near the body's head. The body is to be laid on the Dharpa grass. The body is bathed, daughters, perform this and draped with a new Cloth after removing everything else from the body. The body is garlanded and Rice is dropped in the mouth by the relatives. The ceremonies are performed as dictated int the relevant Veda Sutra of the deceased. The son takes bath and performs the Homa and takes the body with Fire in a pot to the cremation Ground. The son is expected to shave, in some custom hair of the head is also removed. At the cremation ground, the son performs Nagna Prachchadana Sraddham,after removing the clothes from the body.
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So the Reality and the world of names and forms are both Real at the same time. Yet the Brahman, Reality, Brahman is more Real as the air out side the Pot. So the world is Illusory , yet one has to live through it . That's Shankaracharya!
Agreement and differences with Hinduism. For example, the Karma Theory. The theory of Karma is more stringent and is not dependent on Ishvara or personal God as in Hinduism. In Jainism Karma operates independently of Iswara. Hinduism speaks of One Ultimate Reality,Non Dualism , Jainism speaks of Multiple Realities. The Reality is not one. The individual Soul is not dependent on the Universal Soul, there is no Universal Soul. There are two entities, Jiva, with Consciousness and Ajiva without Consciousness. The sentient are Jivas and the non-sentient are Ajivas.
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