• While Buddhism acknowledges a permanent entity or an immortal soul, Jainism does not

  • Compared to Jainism, Buddhism was modereate in its stress on the doctrine of ahimsa

  • Whereas Jainism believed in rigorous asceticism, Buddhism considered rigid penance to be useless

  • Unlike Buddhism, Jainism did not altogether dispense with the worship of the old deities or the servies of the Brahmins


While Buddhism acknowledges a permanent entity or an immortal soul, Jainism does not