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Table 0.1 Soul / Jiva Distinguishing quality: Sentient. Number: Infinite Empirical soul
Pure soul Saṁsārī jīva 6 Mukta jīva 6
Quality
Remarks
Vision, knowledge
Manifestation of consciousness
(upayoga)
Omniscient Consciousness
Empirical Soul has its knowledge and vision obscured by respective karmas while pure soul is just knowledge and
vision.
Non concrete
Live Lives (Jītā hein) Senses, age, power,
breathe
Pure soul was empirical soul in the past. Pure soul has consciousness as its life and enjoys its own nature.
YES
Non concrete
(amūrtika)
YES But looks like concrete due to karmic bondage.
Empirical soul behaves like matter and thus interacts with matter.
Agent / Doer (Kartā) Of matter karmas due Of its own nature i.e.
to activities of mind, infinite vision, body and speech knowledge, bliss and
power
Doer of own nature (svabhāva) as well as affected by others (vibhāva).
Enjoyer (Bhokta)
Of results (pain, pleasures of matter karmas.
Consciousness and of its own-nature
Enjoyer of the results of its own actions.
only.
Size (svadeha
parimana)
Adapts to the size- of Slightly less than the the matter body last human body it associated with it owned. Fixed.
Soul is owner of countless space points and adjusts
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