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P. 117. The passions causing bondage are anger, pride, infatuation and greed. Bondage of the soul to matter is due to its bondage to bad dispositions or passions.
P. 118. Interpenetration of the soul and matter is proved by the presence of consciousness in every part of the body. Liberation is the expulsion of matter from the soul.
P. 119. Ignorance is the cause of passions. Knowledge alone can remove ignorance. Right knowledge is obtainable from the teachings of the omniscient Tirthankaras. Therefore faith in them is necessary. Knowledge is perfected in right conduct.
P. 120. Right faith, right knowledge and right conduct constitute the three gems of a good life. They jointly produce liberation. Right faith is respect for truth. It is not blind faith. It is the the minimum will to believe without which no study can rationally begin.
P. 121. Perfect faith can result only from perfect knowledge. Right knowledge consists in the detailed knowledge of all truth. Removal of Karma is necessary for this. Right conduct is refraining from wrong and performing what is right,
P. 122. The five great vows form the basis of right conduct. The principles underlying these accepted by many other faiths. The vow of Ahimsā or non-injury to life. It is based on the idea of potential equality of all souls.
P. 123. Ahimsā must be practicised in thought, speech and action; the vow of Satya or truthfulness consists in speaking what is true, as well as pleasant and good; the vow of asteya or non-stealing is based on the idea of the sanctity of property.
P. 124. The vow of Brahmacharya consists in abstaining from all forms of self indulgence; the vow of Apari graha consists in abstaining from all attachment to sense-objects ; right knowledge, faith and conduct jountly bring about liberation consisting in fourfold perfection.
P. 125. Jainism as a religion without God ; the grounds of Jaina atheism. Neither perception nor inference can prove God. The quality attributed to God
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