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Concept of God in Jainism
not merge into Brahma or any super entity as Vedanta holds.
5. Jainism advocates that any one that may be of any sex, caste, creed and sects can obtain salvation, there is no difference in man and women so for as ability for salvation is concerned. (a Śvetämbara view)
6. The God of Jainism inculcates the spirit of self reliance among the minds of the people. Because prevalent ideology of the God as a creator engendered a feeling of divine dispensation and complete dependence on God. Jainism teaches Puruṣārthavāda which denotes that a man is himself the master of his own fate.
References
i. Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, University of Chicago Press - Copyright 1975, Vol. 2. pp. 5-10.
ii. Harold H. Titus and Naylone H. Heeps "The Range of Philosophy", Affiliated East West Press Pvt. Ltd. Delhi, 1974, pp. 324-325.
i. tataḥ kṣiṇacatuṣkarmā, prāptothākhyātasamyamam-bij-bandhannirmuktaḥ, snātakāḥ parameśvaraḥ.
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Umās vāti, Tattvärthādhigama Sūtra 5, Raichandra Jainshastramala, Paramashrutaprabhavaka Jaina Mandala, Bombay-2, V.S. 1989.
ii. parikṣīņa sakalakarmā īsvaraḥı. Muni Nyāyavijay, Jaina Darshana, Hemacandrācārya Jaina Sabha, Patan-1952. p. 39.
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jadh veh kañcaṇovalasamyogoṇāisantatigao vi.
vucchijjai savāyam, tah jogo jīvakammāṇam..
Viseṣāvasyak Bhāṣya, Editor-Pt. Dalsukh Malvania, L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, 1968, Pt. II, Gatha - 2274.
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ii. Acarya Kundakunda, Niyamasära, Jaina Ratnakara KaryalayHirabag-Bombay-1916. 149.
mithyādarśanavirati pramāda kaṣāya yoga bandhahetavaḥ.
Umāsvātī, Tatvārthādhigama Sūtra, 8/1.
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