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168 JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
(3) Suksma kriya-pratipati-The very fine vibratory movements in the Soul, even when it is deeply absorbed in itself, in a Kevali.
(4) Vyupurata kriya nivarti—Total absorption of the self in itself, steady and undisturbably fixed without any motion or vibration whatsoever.
In Jainism, practical right belief has been said to be firm belief in the seven principles, of which subjective inflow, subjective bondage, subjective checking and subjective shedding have been described above.
Self-concentration or perfect equanimity or Samyak Samadhi is the subjective shedding which removes karmic dirts. Subjective liberation or Nirvana is the same thing and has been described in the first chapter. Nama rúpa of the Buddhists is included in the two principles soul and non-soul. Some more details of these two principles may be useful to the readers :
The soul principle
The natute of the soul from both the practical and real points of view have been described in the second chapter. All the conditions pertaining to the worldly souls are included in Nâma rûpa of the Buddhists, while the pure soul i.e., (worldly soul minus worldly conditions and matter) is what is Nirvana of the Buddhists and the Jains.
Non-soul principle :
There is no consciousness in it. It is of five kinds. They are the five root-substances :
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