Book Title: Jainism in Nutshell
Author(s): Kirtivijay, Prasannamukh Surchandra Badami
Publisher: Atma Kamal Labdhisuri Gyanmandir

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________________ 23 of one soul we would. have found every one happy or miserable at the happiness or misery of any one of them. But what we see is entirely to the contrary. If a person eats sugar, he alone enjoys the sweetness of it. At the death of one, all do not die. From this we must conclude that though similar in nature (Swarupa), the soul of each individual has a distinct existence. " Each of those souls which get absolved from Karma, becomes a Paramatma. The soul which is thus purified is not affected by Karma again and it does not get into an incarnation or is not born again. Just as a seed which is burnt up there cannot be sprout so also when Karma seed is burnt the sprout in the form of births and rebirths will not exist. Such a soul does not take any births or reincarnation and it becomes imperishable and immortal. The soul which has thus become a Paramatma, after leaving the last body on earth, goes up to a height of seven Rajjus, within a moment. There infinite Siddhatmas reside. There these atmas have neither births nor deaths nor disease nor grief nor associations nor bereavements nor the least trace of trouble or anxiety and they are immersed in the ocean of infinite bliss for over. The souls which become pure and spotless

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