Acharya Jinasena II (c. 9th century CE) was a monk and scholar in the Digambara tradition of Jainism.

[1][2] Jinasena II was the disciple of Acharya Virasena and he completed the commentary Dhavala on Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama, a revered text in the Digambara tradition.

Jinasena had prohibited the use of meat, honey and other similar materials in Jain rituals due to their connection with violence.

[8] Padmanabh Jaini claims:[9]The rise among Digambaras of a class of "Jaina brahmans," individuals entrusted with care of the temples and the performance of elaborate rituals, was noted earlier, in Chapter VII.

It is clear, however, that the Jaina-brahmans eventually developed into a caste nearly as rigid as its Hindu counterpart; membership became strictly hereditary, and the range of rituals requiring the "supervision" of one of these "specialists" was greatly expanded.

The role of theistic crea- tion was eliminated, and the existence of a class of "spiritually superior laymen" analogous to the Hindu brahmans was justified on the basis of conduct, rather than of some irrevocable cosmic order.

[12] Mahapurana is the source of the famous quote, used by Carl Sagan and many others:[13][14][15] Some foolish men declare that creator made the world.

If he created because of the karma of embodied beings [acquired in a previous creation] He is not the Almighty Lord, but subordinate to something else.

If out of love for living beings and need of them he made the world, why did he not take creation wholly blissful free from misfortune?

Know that the world is uncreated, as time itself is, without beginning or end, and is based on the [seven building block] principles, life and the rest.