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4. Universal Truth Four: The soul is the bearer of its deeds
The entire world believes that, “You reap what you sow” and “What you do comes back to you”. The doctrine of karma works on a similar principle - you reap the fruits of your actions. It has never been possible to pass on the benefits of one's acts to others. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, whether auspicious or inauspicious, the consequences of actions have to be born by the one who carried out those actions. No one else can bear the consequences of those actions.
5. Universal Truth Five: Liberation exists
The soul that focuses on its inner self and accomplishes enlightened perception, knowledge and conduct annihilates all karmas and one day attains the perfected state of liberation where it lives forever in a beatific state, unembodied, omniscient and completely free from all bondage.
Liberation is final. It is eternal. It not a transient state. When the soul is bound by karmas, it keeps wandering in sansaara, taking birth in one of the four gatis. But when it attains liberation, it achieves a state, which is completely different from anything it experienced previously in any of the four gatis. That state of being is known as ‘moksha' where the 'siddha' or perfected souls reside forever in a state of boundless eternal bliss. Souls, which have attained liberation, do not have to come back in the world. They are free from the cycle of transmigration. This state is saadi-ananta {has a beginning but no end) from the point of the individual soul which has attained liberation but anaadi-ananta {beginningless and endless from the point of all souls in existence.
Jainism states that ‘moksha' exists at the very top of the universe.
6. Universal Truth Six: Liberation is possible
As stated earlier, liberation exists and it is possible to attain it. It is in one's hands to attain liberation. One has to attain it himself. No one else, no god or goddess can get one liberated. No god or goddess can say 'tathaastu' (amen) and liberate anyone. Only the soul can be its own substantial cause of its liberation. However, the true god, the true preceptor and the true faith show the path of liberation to the seeker. Thus, they can be the instrumental cause for a soul's liberation.
The Jinaas stated that each soul may attain liberation on its own. Enlightened perception, enlightened knowledge and enlightened conduct exist in each soul. The soul has to make focused efforts to rid itself of bound karmas which cast a pall over the innate qualities of the soul.
The trio of enlightened perception, knowledge and conduct are the way to attain liberation. They are the cause. Liberation is the result.
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