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Jainism and Buddhism
not need any monitoring of outside authority called "GOD". Thus Jainism and modern science are in agreement that there is no need of any outside interference to remedy our problems of happiness and sorrow which are nothing but the result of our own actions and reactions. This process is identified by the Jains as the theory of "Karma", which is the Sanskrit word for action. It fillows that if your actions are bad, their reaction would be equally bad and that the same works automatically, and cant be condoned through the mercy of any authority, and also that it is in your own hands to improve your fate. Jainism goes very deep into the varieties of Karmas, their qualities, their effects and their duration and various other things relating to this theory, but we need not go into all these details at this stage.
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However, our problems still persist because so long as our life lasts we cannot avoid actions as well as their reactions. So the main problem is how to avoid the consequences of all these actions and reactions, which bind our soul. Jainism does provide
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