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As the Vedic philosophy has recognized the same thing as the principle of the soul and the principle of matter. In short, it can be said that the foundation of the Astika philosophies is soulism. Jainism, in particular, has discussed the principle of the soul in great detail with great subtlety. The stream of Jain thought originates from the soul and ends in liberation. The beginning of the Praacharaang Sutra is from the inquiry of the soul. In its first sentence, it is said, "In this world, many beings do not know from which direction their soul has come and where it will go? They also do not know whether their soul will transmigrate in the next birth or not? Who was I in the previous birth and what will I become after death in the next birth - they do not know this either." From this inquiry of the soul, religion and philosophy have originated. The beginning of the Vedanta philosophy is also from the Brahma Sutra's "Athaato Brahma Jijnasa". Although the Vedas have a lot of provisions for yajnas and praise of Indra and other gods for material prosperity, but in the later Upanishads and Aranyakas, there has been a deep contemplation and description of the principle of the soul. The voice of the sages of the Upanishads came out - "The soul is to be seen, heard, contemplated and meditated upon." This stream of thought, which began with the inquiry of the soul, gradually developed, flowed in thousands of streams and finally merged into the ocean of immortality and liberation. In the Upanishads, Maitreyi asks Yajnavalkya, "What should I do with that which does not make me immortal? Tell me that which is the means of immortality." According to Jain thinkers, the ultimate destination of every soul is liberation. All practices and worship are for the attainment of liberation. The goal of all soul seekers is to attain liberation, therefore, those seekers are called "Mumukshu". From the beginning to the attainment of liberation, the soul's fulfillment and meaning lies in the pursuit of excellence, and this is the achievement. Therefore, in the nine principles accepted by Jain philosophy, the first principle is the soul and the last principle is liberation. The principles in between are related to the various processes of the non-soul karmic elements that bind the soul due to its potential and transformation. The group of pudgalas that gives happiness is the principle of punya. The principle that gives sorrow and hinders knowledge etc. is sin. The soul's impure tendency is asrava. To stop this impure tendency is samvara. The partial depletion of the karmic covering is nirjara. The binding of karmic pudgalas with the soul is the principle of bandha. The complete depletion of the karmic coverings is liberation. As long as the soul remains in the potential state, it becomes bound by the non-soul pudgalic karmic groups. As a result, it has to be bound in the bondage of the body. It has to go from one body to another. In this way, the tradition of taking and leaving the body continues. This tradition is birth and death. The soul in the potential state keeps wandering in this cycle of birth and death. This is the world. All the religious and spiritual efforts of the souls in the potential state are to break this tradition of birth and death. The soul is proved by self-awareness, direct perception and inference etc. Every living being has the self-awareness of "I am". No one doubts their own existence. "I am happy" or "I am sad" - this is self-awareness. 1. "In this world, many beings do not know from which direction their soul has come and where it will go? They also do not know whether their soul will transmigrate in the next birth or not? Who was I in the previous birth and what will I become after death in the next birth - they do not know this either." - Praacharaang 1-1 2. "The soul is to be seen, heard, contemplated and meditated upon." - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2-4-5 // 3. "What should I do with that which does not make me immortal? Tell me that which is the means of immortality." - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad [19]