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(2) Both have rejected the notion of any outside authority such as God shaping our course of action as both believe in the liberation of soul by self reliance and exertion.
(3) Both reject Shri Shankar's concept that non-souls are Maya because they believe that non souls are real at least till they exist.
(4) Both reject the notion that the Vedas are of Divine origin.
(5) Both believe in the equality of all souls and reject caste distinctions and their concept of Varnashram
(6) Both reject the concept of Avatara taking birth, and assert that their Tirthankara and Buddhas were all human beings.
(7) in theory both subscribe to the principles of non violence and the impersonal as well as authomatic operation of Karma theory.
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