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in the acharya, the upadhyaya and the sadhu, divinity is kept alive but have not fully shined to the perfection (the acharya, the upadhyaya and the sadhu are on the way to perfection or divinity). From transcendent point of view, every soul is Divine."242 Thus, it is possible for every man to realise and attain all embracing knowledge, omniscience, divinity.243 From the time beginningless innumerable souls are liberated and all of them are omniscients, divinities.
In conclusion it can be said that Jainism believes in existence of divine beings, not in a sense of a creator, sustainer, benefactor, and destroyer God, but believes in godhood of eternal bliss and divinity, which can be attained by every soul.
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