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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM.
touch. Jainism further holds that with With the in
the increase of the complexity of life and life, the orga- living, activities on the part of the jiva too more subtle grow more and more varied and complex.
The pudgal particles, which cling to the soul, as consequences upon the jiva's deeds and misdeeds, in the previous cycle of existence set up types of actioncurrents hitherto unexperienced, and bring into play newer energetics, which, owing to the want of their proper vehicle, compel the jiva to find out a more suitable embodiment that would serve better the purpose of manifesting media for their fuller and richer display. It is also worthy of note that they develop pari passu ; for the nature and form of this new vehicle are to a great extent, determined by the simplicity or complexity of the actioncurrents set up by the subtlety or grossness of the energetics brought into play. The readers may remember here that we have already hinted at the same truth although viewed from an altogether different standpoint while discussing the possibility of re-birth.
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