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No. However, Jain philosophy is an independent advocate of the self-nature of the soul and is not an advocate of the omnipresence of the soul; therefore, it attains the thought that the place of liberation is a step beyond (the worldly existence) and that thought has indeed been shown. At the end of the principles, the reader Umaswati states that "the liberated soul, having freed itself from all kinds of bodies, ascends upward, ultimately stabilizes at the end of the world, and remains there for the formless (soul)."
4. Commentary
In the matter of the commentary composed on the previous text, a comparison of the Tattvarthadhigama Sutra can be made with the Brahma Sutra. Just as various acharyas, who hold completely differing views on the subject, have written commentaries on the Brahma Sutra, and from those, have attempted to prove their statements based on the Upanishads, similarly, the scholars of the Shvetambara-Digambara sect have written commentaries on the Tattva, and from those, have also attempted to substantiate their differing views based on the scriptures. From this, it is evident that, just as the Brahma Sutra holds a prestigious position in the literature of Vedanta, leading different insightful acharyas to take refuge in the Brahma Sutra to express their distinctive statements, so too, the authority of the Tattvarthadhigama in Jain literature leads scholars of the sect to find refuge in it, such as Shankara, Nimbarka, Madhva, Ramanuja, Vallabha, etc.