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movements of the living beings of the universe. For, according to them, the law of Karman is complete, unerring and self-acting and every one is self-responsible for what he does and thinks and is the complete master of his destiny, which no agency outside his own self can alter.
In this sense, a Jaina is called by some an Atheist or a Fatalist. But his so-called Atheism is not Secularism, Agnosticism, Positivism or Scepticism. His Fatalism has nothing in common with Stoicism, for he does not subscribe to a fixed unalterable course of things independent of any controlling force; his fate is of his own making and he is conscious of the fact that it is always in his power to alter or modify the decrees of Fate.
Thus it is clear that the pure soul and God are one and the same thing according to Jainism.
Karma Philosophy
The Jaina Karma philosophy is the only means that satisfactorily explains the anamolies in this world. It is based upon reason and its truth is selfevident. It provides a great incitement to do good by invigorating power over the moral nature and furnishes a considerable stimulus to activity and responsibility. It advocates perfect justice, for, it distinctly declares that there is no spot either on this earth or in the sky, under the sea or in the cleft of mountains, whither going, an evil-doer can escape from the sufferings which result from his evil deeds. There is no room for the intervention of God and the
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