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spiritualistic, when they are non-violent by nature and are void of Raga and Dwesha (passion and enmity), otherwise all charity and compassion are social. Jaloista believes into the worship of the qualities of Atma, hence it stresses much more on the worship of GNAN, DARSHAN, CHARITRYA and TAPA, that is Knowledge, Belief, Conduct and austerity which are the qualities of Alma As Terapanth stands for spirituality, and propagates that cult among the masses for their happiness, it does not according to real Jarisd believe in idol worship as there 18 nothing spiritual in it After all what is an idol ? It is nothing but an imaginary form carved out of stone or marble or metal and which is a senseless object baving no qualities of Atma as stated above. Thus Terapanth takes an idol to be an idol in every sense of the word but not identical to that of the Lord, The Preceptor or that of the liberated soul. Ofcourse Terapanth contends, an idol can be considered as an instrument of spiritual FLATUS for which st 'has least objection, for there are many instances in the Jain cangon that many souls have through the medium of different objects liberated themselves from the worldly bondage but nowhere it is mentioned to worship or rather believe those objects as sentient possessing the qualities of Atma for the liberation of one's soul. One can very well understand this fact from UTTRADHAYAN SUTRA (one of the Jain cannon) where in is narrated why "KEVALGNAN --- the perfect and the highest
