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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
is the same “God” in all that is, and that he hurts himself by hurting others. Such a person sees the Supreme Lord equally present in all”
Thus we can trutly appreciate Gita only if we are able to appreciate its symbolic version. Avatarvad not acceptesd :
One more clarification about Jain pereception is that the theory of “Avatara” i.e. the desent of Divene on earth in human form to save the righteous and to destroy the evil, has no place in Jainism. As Acharya Umaswati puts it in his Tatwarth Sutra, "The soul whose seeds of Karma are totally burnt can not be reborn again, just as a burnt seed can not sprout again. The point is that after obtaining salvation the soul has no emotional attachment to the world, which is the real cause of “rebirth”. This view is supported by Chandogya Upanishad saying that the liberated soul called Siddha does not return back.न स पुनर्वतते, न स पुनर्वतते (Na Sa Punaravartate, Na Sa Punaravartate 8/15/1) The same idea is expressed in verse 6 of chapter 15 of Gita
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