Six Universal Substances

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Worldly (Samsäri) Soul
• Possesses Mithyätva (ajnan) and Kashäya (vices) • Possesses Limited Knowledge, Vision, Power, and
Conduct •Feels Pain and Pleasure • Doer of all Karma (Actions) • Recipient of Fruits of Karma •Covered with Karma (Matter) • Possesses Physical Body (Matter) • Wonders in a Cycle of Birth and Death •Contraction and Expansion • Infinite Number • Capable of becoming Free/Liberated