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TEACHINGS
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Do not maintain that jīva and ajīva do not exist, but that they exist.
Do not maintain that dharma and adharma do not exist, but that they exist.
Do not maintain that bondage and liberation do not exist, but that they exist
Do not maintain that virtue (punya) and pāpa (vice) do not exist, but that they exist.
Do not maintain that āśrava and the stoppage of āśrava (samvara) do not exist, but that they exist.
Do not maintain that the experiencing of the effect, and the annihilation of karman do not exist, but that they exist
Do not maintain that activity and non-activity do not exist, but that they exist
Do not maintain that there is no such thing as perfection and non-perfection, but that there is such a thing.
Do not maintain that there is no place exclusively reserved for those who attain to perfection, but that there is such'i
The articles of faith formulated from an implied syâdvāda point of view read
He (a Jaina monk) should not believe that (this world) is without beginning or without end,
1 Sūtrakệtānga, II, 5, Jaina-Sūtras, II, pp. 405-409.
