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Samayasara Vs. Sankhya :
Let us see how for the spiritualism of Jaina variety as propounded by Samayasara will fit in the system of Sankhya which has been referred to twice in the Samayasara itself and in the system of Vedanta with special reference to the Gītā.
First of all us take the Sankhya system. It is dualistic like Jainism. The characteristics of Puruşa (ie self of Jainism) and Prakṛti (ie- nonself of Jainism) are similar to great extant. For example, the characteristics of Purusa and self are as follows:
Puruşa
Devoid of gunas
Subject
Conscious
Neither cause -nor-effect
Point of disagreement:
So for Sankhya and Jainism agree. The disagreement lies in the fact that which Puruşa of Sankhya is always pure in all situations, the self if Jainism does get polluted in case of an ignorant person. The Samayasara inclines to fill up this gap by repeatedly insisting on the pure nature of the self. And yet retains the individuality of Jainism leg accepting that there is an impure state also of the self or else there is no point speaking of bondage and consequently of liberation.
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Pure self
Devoid of Kaṣāyas
Knower
Conscions
neither cause-nor effect
"If the self does not of his own accord undergo emotional modifications such as anger, then empirical life or Samsara will cease to be. This would result in Samkhya view" 1
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