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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. state of being, a swarajya, a self-rule, an autonomy, for all time to come.
But the question is, how can the soul be freed from the snares (påsh) of karma? how can the veil of ignorance be removed? The Jain processes of purging the soul out all karma-matter, of renting the veil of nescience and the like jnana-darshan-avaranadis hiding the jiva from the knowledge of its own real nature begins with what is termed as Samvara. With samvara, the fifth principle of the Jain moral categories, begins the most practical side of the Jain moral philosophy. It is true that the ultimate end of all the different systems of thought and culture on this side of the Eastern Hemisphere, is Freedom. And the nature of this freedom has been variously conceived and defined by the different schools of philosophy. But with the Jains it means Swaraj, self-rule, or autonomy pure and simple. Swaraj or selfrule in every department of life and activity is the Ideal of the Jain system of thought and culture. Subjection to anything alien being recognised as 'the true characteristic insignia of servitude both here and hereafter,
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