Ethnicity and Religious Heritage

Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: T U Mehta

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Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
(4)
same in both the systems.
Belief in the plurality of souls is the
(5)
Both reject the idea of the existence of some out side authority such as "God" to settle
the destiny of soul's evolution.
(6) Both treat Prakrit (which is Ajiva in Jain terminology) as real and not as "Maya" (Illusion) as believed by monists of Shankara school
(7) Even the later Yoga system which joined Sankhya is very close to Jain system.
Thus the only difference between Sankhya and Jaina systems is that while Sankhya believes that Purusha (Soul) is "Kutastha" and remains uninvolved with the changes in Prakriti (Ajiva), the Jains believe that though the original and true character of Jiva (Soul) is to remain unaffected, it does get affected when it is in association of with Ajiva (Prakriti) and suffers the effects which are the result of "Karma" (action).