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these Gunas and therefore, remedy to gain ultimate peace and happiness is to make efforts to remain above the influence of three Gunas. In other words to become a "Gunaatita" i.e. transcending all the three Gunas.
Jainism would be in complete agreement with such analysis. What is known as Guna in Sankhya is known as "Karma inflow" causing variations mentioned above. Therefore the attempt of the aspirant should be, according to Jainism, to stop this inflow by the process of "Samwar" (which is already discussed before). The only clarification regarding Jain pereption which is necessary is that Jainism does not believe that Soul (Atma) could remain unaffected for the simple reason that but for the dynamism supplied by it, the Gunas of Prakriri could not have been activated. The unavoidable rule of Nature is that one who supplies the cause has to suffer the result.
Since Gunas pervade the social order, the mankind is classfied in four groups each
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