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SELF STUDY IS THE SUPREME AUSTERITY
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Status as external soul is to be eliminated; that of internal soul is good and the status of supreme soul is the aim to be realized.
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Supreme: The self that is completely detached from external impurities and is omniscient. Supreme soul is of two types namely with physical body (known as Arhanta) and without physical body (known as Siddha). 22
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11. Summary
To conclude, we see that Jain philosophy has detailed spiritual and logical explanation of soul. Jain thinkers have proved the existence of soul, synonyms of soul, its types and sub types, nature of self, need to experience the self and detailed the ways to do so. There are infinite living beings in this cosmos and each one is soul/ self just for itself. Everyone can become supreme soul by giving up its status of external soul, moving to the status of internal soul and then meditating upon it. Once we achieve the status of supreme soul, then we can get out of the cycle of birth-death i.e. saṁsāra and enjoy our nature of knowledge and bliss (jñānānanda) forever.
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