Jainism

Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House

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austerities, by which he finally frees himself from the bonds of rebirth. Right knowledge is defined as being that which I have just said to you with regard to Samsāra; and the difference of Jiva and Dravya, and the six kinds of substances, Dharma, Adharma, space, time, matter, soul. He must also know the nine truths; Jiva, soul; Ajiva, the inanimate things; Bandha, the binding of the soul by karma; Punya, merit; Papa, demerit; Asrāva, that which causes the soul to be affected by sins; Samvara, the prevention of Asrava by watchfulness; the annihilation of Karma; final deliverance; these are the nine truths.
Then we find a definition as to right conduct. Right conduct, which is Saraga, with desire, leads to Svarga — or it leads to becoming a Deva, or it leads to the sovereignty of the Devas, Asuras and men, but not to liberation. But the right conduct which is Vitarāga, free from desire, that, and that alone, will lead to final liberation. As we still follow the course of the Jiva, we find him throwing aside Moha, delusion, Raga, desire, Dvesha, hatred, and of course their opposites, 1 Uttaradhyayana, xxviii, 14.