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tion and presented an analysis of new theories in this regard.
It has been already explained that the world with all its various aspects, has the two basic elements at the rootlevel. The combination of these two elements are Body (Matter) and Consciousness (Mind), The conscious-force is Jiva or Soul and can be categorised in two (1) Sansari (2) Mukta or Siddha. The Sansari category has four subcategories (1) Manushya (2) Dev (3) Tiryanch and (4) Narkiya. On the basis of fivesenses the Jivas are of five types. Other than Jivas all the other elements are called Ajiva or material elements which are five namely Pudgala (Matter) Dharma (Stationary), Adharma (Motion), Akash (Space) and Kala (Time).
When Jiva is active with attachment, it attracts material things and thus gets in the bondage of Karmas. This bondage is of two types Shubha (good) or Ashubha (bad). All virtuous deeds are Shubha and all Vice and base deeds are Ashubha
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Asrava is the channel of in-flowing of Karmas in the form of Pap or Punya. Samvar is the stopping of these in coming Karmas. Liberation or Kaivalya becomes possible by stopping the in-coming karmas and destroying those which had already come in. The ways of attaining liberation are four-Right knowledge, Right thought, Right character and Right penance. By following these four ways the soul attains highest goal and becomes Siddha or the Realised
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The main problem, therefore, is to know the nature of Karmas and to remove them from the consciousness. The
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