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The Philosophy of Karma
Almost all believers in the transmigration of soul attach great importance to the karma theory. The adage, 'as you sow, so you reap' is significant enough to show the universality and popularity of this doctrine. The treatment of this topic is unique in Jain philosophy inasmuch as it is rational, scientific, and elaborate.
Our critical examination of the universe brings out the fact that there are sentient and non-sentient substances in the world. The soul is sentient and other objects devoid of this faculty are matter, time, space, media of motion and rest. The special characteristic of matter is taste, smell, touch and colour. All that is comprehended by the senses is material. Like the conscious soul this matter is also indestructible. These objects are eternal, therefore, they are not created by any agency whether supernatural or superhuman. The whole panorama of nature is the outcome of the union or the chemical action of atoms due to their inherent property of smoothness and aridity. The variegated forms and appearances are evolved out of these material atoms.
This has driven many a thinker to the conclusion that some Intelligent and Supreme being is at
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