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"Salutation to the Siddha!
The Jaina theory of God is indicated above. There is nothing repulsive or repugnant in it. We do not propose to discuss here whether the Jaina theory is correct or not. What we mean to say is that none can deny that there is in it much of deep philosophical speculation and above all, a sincere attempt to discover the truth. The Jaina doctrine is not atheistic, at any rate, it does not openly deny the possibility of God like the Mimänsä theory. As shown above, the Jaina theory is at variance with the theories of other schools of Indian philosophy. Nevertheless, it is also to be admitted that the Jaina theory of Divinity has some points of similarity with the other theories. The Soul is God (Isvara), Is Omniscient,—this is clearly admitted by the thinkers of the Sankhya school also,
"This is nothing but praising the Libe rated Soul or praying to the Siddha."-93, Chapter on Vishaya Sänkhya-sūtram.
The doctrine of the Sankhya philosophers is that the God, referred to, in such Vedic texts as "He is all-knowing, all-doing" etc. etc. means nothing but the Liberated Soul That God is Omniscient, that His contemplation leads to one's self-development and that
