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## The Mouth of Inquiry
This is the basis of discussion.
The same is the cause of our happiness and sorrow.
Jain philosophy is the complete thought, contemplation and soul. The soul is an all-powerful, independent force, the creator, and the one who experiences the fruits of its actions. The soul itself is formless, perfectly pure, but it is embodied with the body, becoming impure and wandering in the world. Despite being the very essence of bliss, it is being ground in the mill of happiness and sorrow. Though immortal, it is caught in the flow of birth and death. It is astonishing that the one who is supremely powerful is also experiencing torment and suffering in the form of the lowly, the sorrowful, the poor. What is the reason for this?
Jain philosophy, while examining this reason, says that karma is the one that makes the soul wander in the world. Karma is the root of birth and death. "Kammam cha ai maranassa mulan" - this statement of Lord Mahavira is absolutely true, a fact. Due to karma, this world is constantly changing in various strange events. While theistic philosophies attribute this diversity of the world and happiness and sorrow to God, Jain philosophy considers the soul and its main helper, karma, as the root cause of all happiness and sorrow and the diversity of the world. Karma is not an independent force, it is itself a pudgala, inert. But when performed by the soul under the influence of attachment and aversion, they become so powerful and potent that they bind the doer in their bondage. They make the master dance like a servant. This is the strange power of karma. What is this karma, the main seed of all changes in our life and the world, what is its nature? How do its various results occur? This is a very serious subject. In Jain philosophy...