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Knowledge of Fundamentals
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Knowledge of Fundamentals
1. The nine categories of truth are: Soul ( Jīva ), non-soul (Ajīva ), bondage ( Bandha ), merit ( Punya ), demerit ( Pāpa ), inflow of karmic matter ( Āsrava ), stopping of karmic matter ( Saṁvara) dissociation of karmic matter (Nirjarā) and emancipation ( Mokṣa).
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Utta. Su. 28.14 2. A soul is characterised by consciousness, is eternal, immortal, formless, different from the body (in which it is embodied) and the doer and enjoyer of all its action. - Dhyana. 55
3. The saints call that as non-soul ( Ajīva ) which does not have any knowledge of pleasure or pain, cannot identify what is beneficial and does not fear that which is detrimental.
4. Ajīva (non-soul) is of five kinds : Matter ( Pudgala ), medium of motion ( Dharma), medium of rest (Adharma), space ( Ākāśa) and time ( Kāla), matter alone has form as it has the attributes of colour etc., the rest of them are formless.
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Dravya. 15
5. The soul is imperceptible to the senses as it is formless; because it possesses no corporeal form, it is eternal. However, attachment and such other imperfections cause bondage and this bondage is called the cause of worldly exist
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