Service of Jainism to India

Author(s): J S Shah, U H Jain
Publisher: J S Shah, U H Jain

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JAINISM EXPLAINED
Paul Morett
PREFACE
By Dr. Natubhai K. Shah, Tresicient, Jain Samaj Europe
The aim of the Jain philosophy is to purify:
the soul and manifest its natural virtues, 11 ke
complet, bliss and knowledge.
It describes a
clear-cut path in a logical fashion, and any person
who follows this path can advance his or her own
soul spiritually and ultimately reach final
11beration (Mokea) whorn thoro 1 pormonont bliss.
Our body is the house which the soul occupies.
Most people give more importance to materialistic
things and to the body, which wo are going to learn
behind when we go, rather than to spiritual salvation
of the soul. By describing the theory of Karma,
its attachment to the soul and the method of shodding
this Karma from the soul, Jainism has shown the
way of permanent happiness. It also describes the
two components of this world, Jiva (soul) and Ajiva
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