Jainism becomes a world religion

How could Jainism spread out of the subcontinent and gain a wide following (>500 million)? Jainism has to remain practically the same as it is today.
 
A religion that becomes a world religion is not going to stay the same. Compare early Christianity with modern Christianity, or basically any religion with what it has become today. For the most part, forcing a religion to stay the same would mean that it cannot change when needed, so would be unable to meet the needs of various groups of people.

That said, maybe there is a way to get it spread more in India. If it becomes widespread, there could be a much more significant number in India, with luck up to 500,000,000.
 
I don't think it's useful to see Jainism as a totally seperate religion- all the Dharmic religions blend into each other.

In that view of things Buddhism is the version of the Dharmic "metareligion" that adopted evangelistic techniques and did become a major world religion.
Thus, the answer to this question is the same one I give to people who ask "WI Hinduism became evangelistic on a large scale?": It did in the form of Buddhism.
 
So what if Jainism (or a branch) instead adopted those evangelical techniques and spread out of India?
 
So what if Jainism (or a branch) instead adopted those evangelical techniques and spread out of India?

The problem is giving Jainism mass-market appeal. The restrictions on Jain laypeople are nearly as stringent as monastic restrictions of other religions. But conversely, if you remove those restrictions then you pretty much end up with Buddhism.
 
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