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(8) The Nirjara (The principle of destroying Karmas):
The various external austerities etc. like fasting, renouncing attachment for taste, kayaklesh (physical exercise) and the various internal austerities like atonement, politeness, service, scriptural studies, meditation etc., constitute the Nirjaratatva.
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(9) Moksha : The total liberation of the soul from Karmas and the manifestation in it of its infinite knowledge, endless and boundless felicity etc.
Questions:
(1) What advantages do we get from the nine principles (Navtatvas)? Explain clearly the nature of each tatva. (2) Explain the nine principles by comparing the jiva to a lake. (3) What is meant by the expressions:
(i) Fit to be known; (ii) Fit to be condemned; (iii) Beneficial; (with reference to the nine principles.)
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