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SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
Jain view from the Naiyayika and the Adwaita, the sixth sign is its being separately located in bodies. Here the Jain view differs from the Adwaita view. The seventh characteristic differentiates the Jain standpoint from those of the Naiyāyikās and the Vedāntins
Also it is formless and is characterized by upward motion. It is pure consciousness from the essential (Nischaya) point of view.
The characteristic of its having upward motion marks off Jainism from all other religions. So long as Jiva and Karma are united, its upward motion remains in abeyance. When the coating of Karma drops down, the Jiva becomes free and its natural upward tendency asserts itself like flame and terminates at the top of Lokākāsha.
Karma.
According to Jain Philosophy the word Karma has two connotations. In one sense it is one of those entities of which no beginning can be traced ( Anādi). As such it coexists with soul which is also Anadi. We can not affirm that Karma is either anterior or posterior to soul. It can not be anterior because soul will be then posterior that is Sadi (having a beginning) which is opposed to the fundamental doctrines of Jain Philosophy. Neither can it be posterior because then soul will be supposed to have remained free from the meshes of Karma for some time at least; no adequate reason can be given as to
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