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JAIN PERCEPTION OF GITA
teachings is that it seeks to provide solutions of all these varieties of problems as it does not confine it self rigidly to any particular ideology. In short it seeks to provide answer to every problem, which is likely to arise during the spiritual journey.
It is generally recognized that there are three principal paths of spiritual journey, namely, Jnana, Bhakti and Karma Gita recognizes all these three paths and points out how to proceed to achieve the final goal of total liberation. Gita recognizes Shankar's monism as well as the dualism of other learned thinkeres like Ramanuj. It also caters to Karma Yoga as propounded by thinkers like Gandhi and Vinoba. Those who believe in the existence of supreme authority which monitors and decides our destiny as well as those like Jains, Buddhists and Kapil's Sankhya who totally rule out any such supreme authority and completely rely upon the development of soul's power, would get inspiration and guidance from Gita.
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