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Chapter - 3
Jainism A Goddess Creativity
The Ultimate Reality
"It is only when we transcend the limits of ordinary biological man that we can come in contact with pure personality which Upanishadas call Atman or the self. This pure self is one in all and is indentical with highest reality of the Universe. It is pure spirituality and pure experience (Jnana) and, as such, the absolute concrete Truth. Self is the ultimate reality and all experiences are extraneous to it." - S. N. Dasgupta
Jainism sees the whole universe as a great cosmic mechanism "with its own self propelling force," and we being a part of that mechanism, our
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