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A Treatise on Jainism
Spiritual Advancement from Wrong Belief to Right Belief, then to Vows, then to perfectly careful Vows, then to Passionlessness, and then to a cessation of the Vibratory Activity of Body, Speech and Mind. A mundane Soul is beset with 5 kinds of innate evils or imperfections. The Wrong Belief is shed at the end of the 1st, Vowlessness at the end of the 4th, Carelessness at the end of the 6th, Passions at the end of the 10th, and Vibratory Activity at the end of the 13th Spiritual Stage. The Three Jewels of Jainism-Samyak Darshan, Samyak Jnan and Samyak Charitrateach us how to tread the Path of Liberation and ultimately to achieve the desired Goal-Moksha.
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The whole Drama of life is played or danced together by the Living Soul being in close grasp of lifeless Matter. Lifeless Space is the stage, lifeless Time is the duration and lifeless Dharma and Adharma the indispensable assistants for the dancers to move or to rest. The exercise of dancing is their eternal movement in the cycle of mundane existences. Every pilgrim on the Path of Liberation (Moksha) must be constantly care
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