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true devotion by adoring the idols with material objects of gold and jewelry or those who take out processions with dazzling glamour are doing so only out of ignorance of the fundamental philosophical doctrines of Jainism.
As Jainism has no place for any personal or impersonal entity which monitors universal phenemena, it has explained the existence of good and bad happenings by the theory of Karma. The law of Karma works automatically for producing results without any interference or arbitration of any out side authority. A Tirthankara, being a “Vitaraga” does not act in your favour or aginst you simply because you are offering your worship or are refusing to do the same. Illustrative of this line of thinking is the prayer offered by the great Jain saint Samantbhadra in the following words:
“Na pujayaarthastvayi Vitaraga, Na nindaya Natha, vivanta vaire Tathapi te punya guna
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