Account of Jainism

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can of course stand on this ground in trying to rebut the charge. They accept sixteen Swargas or heavens, seven hells, and this world, through which a soul wanders according to its Karmas.
Some, however, base their charge upon the non-creation theory of Jainism. Jainism holds Non-crea- that God is the creator of the unition theory verse only from certain points of view, not absolutely. In so far as he explained to the world the true good of the soul, pointed out to all the means of lively hood, and inculcated the truth of the law of Karmas, God is called the maker of the universe. But Jainism denies that God is the source of all human actions, good and bad; for, this is opposed to the very nature of God. To say that a thief commits theft because he was so moved by God's will and yet God punished him for the theft, is clearly inconsistent. There can be no satisfactory solution of the difficulty here arising. Hence it is that great philosophers