Interfaith World Religions Summary West and East

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Man's Suffering:
Western • Suffering is due to disobedience to God's Will
not believing and not accepting of His law • Acceptance of God's Will (one true God and
religion) ensures that one will enjoy God's grace
in eternal Heaven Eastern • Suffering is due to soul's (man's) ignorance of its
own nature • Path which leads from ignorance to knowledge
allows soul to attain immortality and liberation from death