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further notes, "While the middle kingdom Egyptians were building pyramids to house a few immortal Pharaohs, the Jains were building pyramids of thoughts to house an immortal earth with billions of immortal souls... Each Nigoda had - has an individual soul and destiny".
Thus, the democracy of Jainism is cosmic in nature"
Denial of God and Emphasis on self reliance.
Jain denial of God does not lead us to atheism, as in a very telling sense Jainism emphasizes the power of the soul whose luminosity is blurred by the clouds of karma. The focus of Jainism is to liberate the soul from the karmic bondage and to attain its original self. When this bondage totally vanishes the soul becomes all-powerful - omnipotent and omniscient. This status can be obtained by every soul by its own efforts, and under the law of karma every soul gets its dues in accordance with the principle of cause and effect. There is no scope for any discrimination or nepotism as
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