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## The Soul: A Detailed Description
**The Soul (Jiva)** is described as:
(1) **One** (Eka): Just as a single lump of gold represents all gold, the soul, with its infinite qualities of knowledge, etc., represents the pure soul category.
(2) **Great Soul** (Mahapa): The soul is also considered a Great Soul due to its inherent potential for liberation and its ability to attain perfect knowledge and vision.
(3) **Suitable** (Uvajutta): The soul is suitable for liberation because it possesses the potential for perfect knowledge and vision.
(4) **Two-fold** (Duviyappa): The soul can be categorized as either a worldly soul (samsari) or a liberated soul (mukta). It can also be categorized as either destined for liberation (bhavya) or not destined for liberation (abhavya).
(5) **Three-marked** (Tilakkhano): The soul is characterized by three marks: knowledge, karma, and the fruit of karma. It can also be characterized by three other sets of three:
* Knowledge, perception, and conduct
* Substance, quality, and mode
* Origination, decay, and permanence
(6) **Four-fold in movement** (Chadu Sankamo): Although the soul's true nature is unchanging and blissful, it appears to move through the four realms of hell, animal, human, and heavenly beings due to its attachment to false beliefs and desires.
(7) **Five-fold in dominant qualities** (Panchaggagunapphaano): Although the soul's true nature is characterized by the two qualities of impermanence and purity, it is generally dominated by the five main qualities: audayika, etc.
(8) **Six-fold in deviation** (Chhakkaavakamajutto): The soul is characterized by six deviations, which are the six directions of movement (up, down, and the four cardinal directions) that it takes when transitioning to another existence.
(9) **Seven-fold in existence** (Sattbhangasambhavo): The soul's existence is characterized by seven categories of existence: being, non-being, etc.
(10) **Eight-fold in dependence** (Atthasavo): The soul is dependent on eight karmas (knowledge-obscuring, etc.) or eight qualities (right faith, etc.).
(11) **Nine-fold in substance** (Nava-artharoopa): The soul exists as one of the nine substances.
(12) **Ten-fold in location** (Dasasthanagata): The soul can be found in ten different locations: earth, water, fire, air, ordinary plants, specific plants, two-sensed beings, three-sensed beings, four-sensed beings, and five-sensed beings.