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into being and to end caused by the nimits such as the mutual action of time, swabhao (nature), niyati (rules of conduct), karma (action), purushârth (any one of the four principal objects of human life i. e. dharma, arth, kam, moksha), matter ; and it would remain so from eternity to eternity. The moksa-pad is also without beginning and end. The living beings do attain that position having destroyed all the actions. The worldly beings come into human or other life and enjoy pleasure or suffer pain and get high or low position etc. with the help of their respective causes nimits according to their good or bad actions. Arhat-Siddha Parmeshar-knows from his knowledge all the different conditions of the worldly beings who are doing good or bad actions and suffering their consequences with the help of nimits. Everything is done just in the same way as God reflects in his knowledge. Nothing
is done contrary to it. 38 Q.-What short-comings are there in all the
religions ?
