Jainism a Theistic Philosophy

SR No.: 006918
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishna A Gosavi
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 358
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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JAINISM: A THEISTIC PHILOSOPHY "GOD IN JAINISM"
and sentient. This is liberation. Thus in liberation, nothing is produced which may be destroyed.
The soul that has attained absolute purity on total removal of all karmas, it never again binds any karma and consequently is never born again in this world.
When a seed is completely burnt, no sprout is produced from it. Similarly when the seed of karma is burnt, the sprout of birth does not grow out of it.
The cycle of birth and death depends on soul's bondage with karmas, and bondage depends on the density of attachment, aversion and delusion. How can the souls, absolutely pure and free from the defilement of karmas can again be associated with attachment, aversion and delusion? How can the liberated soul get bound again with karmas? Hence thinkers consider it to be absolutely impossible for the liberated soul to be born again in the world and thus to be caught again in the cycle of birth and death.
III. (V) Jaina and Non-Jaina Conception of Soul
The Upanișadic literature quotes the soul as intelligent luminous self-existing in the heart as small as a grain of rice or barley, and it is ruler of all this whatever exists.
Also being infinite by nature and not restricted to any part of the body but occupying all space, the soul is eternal, all-pervading (vibhu), omnipresent, subtle, and imperishable. It is the origin of all beings. The wise alone can perceive it.
The whole Indian Philosophy with exception of Cārvākas is unanimous on the existence of the soul; however, there are radical differences in the concept of soul of the different schools of philosophy.