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Society, Epistemology and Logic in Indian Tradition
Forbearance is also a cause of sātāvedaniya. The Tattvärtha Sūtra explains that if we are co-operative to others positively, then as a result it provides us pleasure or happiness. Negative behavior results in pain or asātā. This is not just a theory of karma, but also a reciprocal theory of social norms. This guides the society towards the balanced and proper behavior, which in turn benefits the individual also.
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Although regarding ontology or metaphysics sāmkhya, Vedānta, Buddhism and Jainism are different, but all of these guide a person to be detached from worldly allurements and have to control over the sense organs, mind and the thought process tilting towards wrong doing. All of these thoughts may be different in their approaches in defining the reality, but these preach to achieve the same goal of emancipation from sorrows forever. Thus goal is same but methods to achieve the goal are different. They may be different, but still there are similarities that all of these instruct a path to remove attachment from the worldly attractions. Hence, according to Jainism, we should find out the path which leads us to achieve the goal of eternal happiness, peace and harmony towards all the beings of the world.
Conclusion
Thus Jainism has propounded non-absolution (anekānta-vāda), non-violence (ahimsa), conduct of aṇuvratas including the tenet of limiting the possession, concepts of triratna, theory of karman etc. to remove conflicts of our minds which are by product of our
