Divinity In Jainism

Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: Devendra Printing and Publishing Co Ltd

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Its author. If the Omniscient Being is not the author of the Agama, there cannot be any goodness or truth in it. The Jainas repudiate the Agama which is admitted by the Mimansaka, still they would quote from the Vēdas of the Mimānsakas and show that the possibility and the existence of the Omniscient are admitted by the Vedas also,
"He has eyes on all directions, mouths on all directions, legs on all directions and arms on all directions He knows the universe. No
body knows him He is said to be the First and the Great Being, the Hiranya-garbha, the Omniscient-"
Hence the possibility of the Omniscient must be admitted. The Jainas call the Omniscient Soul, God (Isvara)
The emancipated Soul is God,-this is the Jaina view; hence according to it God is not one. From the time beginningless,-numerous Souls have been emancipated,-all of them are Omniscient and are Gods, according to the Jainas All these emancipated Beings have some attributes e.g., Omniscience etc, in common. If we confine our attention to these common attributes, we may say that Jainism is Monotheistic, in some sense.
The bondage of the Soul is due to Karma.