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movements.
(1) Pudgals consist mainly of human passion such as anger, avarice, attachment, love, hatred, selfishness as well as selflessness, violence and non violence. These are all transitory in nature and progress as well regress of Jiva depends upon the type of Pudgal, which it prefers for its movements.
(2) "Dharma" does not carry its usual meaning of religion. It signifies mechanism of motion. Jiva can make real progress only if it prefers as its medium that which is suitable to its intrinsic and inherent nature. The principle underlying this is expressed as "Vatthu Sahavo Dhammo" "we hardt E !" "Swa Bhava" that is, Nature of every object, is its "Dharma". In other words Dharma is that which is of intrinsic and inherent nature in every object. "Swabhave" means one's own nature. For example it is not the intrinsic nature of human soul to be angry and so when the Jiva acts through anger it is working through the alien nature called "Para bhava". When this happens it fails to make real progress.
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