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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
as at one place he shows its involvement. (Ref: Verses 19 to 21), while at another place he shows that the soul remains uninyoled. (Ref: Verses 12 to 14).
Jainism rejects the concept of the soul remaning aloof (Kutastha). Though it does accept the proposition that in its original pure form the soul being unaffected by passions, is omnipotent and omniscient, when it is in association with Ajiva, it supplies its dynamism to Ajiva with the result that Ajiva is activated and performs good or bad actions. The logic is that if any action necessarily produces reaction, the fruits of that reaction must influence the root cause which is responsible for producing it. Thus the main difference in the thinking of Jainism and Sankhya is on the question whether the soul can remain uninvolved (Kutastha) when it is in association with Ajiva.
This chapter consists of 34 verses. In the translation of these verses it is pointed out
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