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Jain Theism itself and by itself. “This is the conception of God in Jainism, which as a type is the ideal to all the devoted seekers and aspirants. The Siddhas and Arhats represent the two types of divinity or Godhood. This conception of divinity is the best illustration of the often quoted axiom that the air of religions is the realisation of the potentially divine in man."104 Such colours of the Jain philosophy of soul make it more theistic then anything else.
(6) In our final conclusion we can say that the entire stress is on right conduct, Cāritra, the concept of Labdhis and Bhavyatva. Moreover, belief in the moral governance of the world and freedom of will of soul are most important ingradiants of theistic world view. No theism can write even its 'T' without these two, and Jainism very much stands for both of these. So Jainism is very much ahead in the line of theistic thinking. It ceases to be theisitic or it seems to have ceased to be theistic only when 'Creator God' talk begins and this also can be interpreted as device for confirming moral governance and feedom of the will of soul.
104. Jain Jyoti Prasad, Religion and Culture of the Jains, (1977) p. 46.
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