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JAIN AGAMA IN CONTEXT TO SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, MIND, SPEECH AND BODY (YOGA)
Psychiatrists and psychologists study and analyze human minds and derive many conclusions. Psychologists treat physical and psychological diseases by their own methodology. Any physical disease is related to some sort of psychological problem. Psychologists can treat such diseases only up to a certain extent whereas, philosophers not giving importance to purification of body, have invariably joined the treatment to purify the soul as Viträg Parmātmā is the best doctor who can free one from the vicious cycle of birth and death.
As per Floyd perceptions, holy thoughts are converted into firm decisions, similarly Jainism explains the intentions (bhāvnão) and karmic aura. The Agama contains the karma theory, the energy that delays the manifestation and increases the intensity of karmas (udvartan), the energy that makes possible premature manifestation of karmas (udirana), annihilation of karmas before manifestation (sankraman) etc.
Śrī Āvaśyaka Sūtra details an in-depth procedure of repentance for the sins committed by physical actions or mental inclinations knowingly or unknowingly while sleeping or in dreams.
Explanation of karmic body in Jainism is similar to the unconscious mind as explained in Floyd preception. Our actions, whether done by mind, speech or
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