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other man and brings about a synthesis between what is favourable and non-favourable in his views, then there will be no scope for any conflict. On several occasions many incidents happen which agitate our minds and give us pain. However, when those incidents are considered from the stand point of relativity,our agitation comes to an end and we achive peace of mind. For example, a man becomes unhappy because his income is less and this unhappiness springs from the fact that he has been comparing his income with the larger income of other people. But he should realise that what he gets will be in accordance with his destiny. So, when this same person considers his own income from the point of view of some other people whose incomes are less, he will undoubtedly feel reassured.
By bestowing this stand point of relativity on the mankind, Jainism has supplied mankind with a unique opportunity not only to make life free from conflict but also to make it proceed along the path of higher progress and flow in a quiet manner. Jainism also brings about a marvellous synthesis of the mutually opposed opinions of the other systems of philosophy.
Jainism has also given us a unique philosophy of KARMA. The bondage of Karma accrues to the soul on account of its false belief and these Karmas are bsically of eight types and they are known as (1) the Karmas that veil knowledge (2) the Karmas that veil our faith etc. These eight fold Karmas shroud those qualities of knoweldge and faith which are inherent in our soul. These Karmas are particles of matter and it is for this reason that the
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