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Concept of Soul in Janism
There are two major trends of Philosophy that of Idealism and Realism. Jainism is a realistic philosophy because it contens that both Jiva' and 'Ajiva' are real, non-illusory entities. The Jain principle of reality is based on the interaction, which is responsible for the cycle of birth and rebirth. The basic question is how a wordly soul can became free from the cycle of birth and death. The Nine Tatvas (relities) are the basic principles which help us to answer this question. According to Jain Agamas, the nine realities are;
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1. Jiva (Soul or conscious reality)
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2. Ajiva (non-soul or non-conscious reality)
3. Punya (Merit or auspicious karmic matter in fruition)
4. Paap (Demerit or unauspicious karmic matter in fruition)
5. Asrava (Cause of inflow of karma)
6. Samvara (Stoppage of cause of inflow of karma)
7. Nirjara (Shedding of karma).
8. Bandh (both inauspicious and auspicious karmic bondage)
9. Moksh: (Freedom from karmic bondage or emancipation)
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