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tted in present or past lives, it makes its ethics no less libertarian. But at any moment, the teachings of the liberted may take effect and from that point of time, the Jain Dharm launches the soul upon its slow voyage to freedom. The choice is not instantaneously full with its distant results; for the Karman may not be at that moment fully exhausted. But the ball has nevertheless been set in motion and the force must transmit itself to the end in spite of resistance. Instant escape is impossible. Even the soul may have advanced too far to be influenced by the holy teaching. The old hag who was carried by force to the presence of lord Mahavir, tore open her eyes, to avoid even the sight of the Teacher. But there is nothing incompatible with morality in this necessary determinism inseparable with human nature, a determinism which is the condition of freedom with responsibility.
We have hitherto ontlined the most salient
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