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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ātman and Mokote
Siddhas'īlā whence they no more return. The Hindu idea of the Vedānta of the absorption of the individual finite soul into the Universal Self or the Brahman is alien to Jainism; according to the former, finite personality has to forget itself and remain ever absorbed into the Supreme Self, and that the liberated soul is no more reborn; the Jainas also belive that the liberated souls after attaining mokşa are never reborn. But the Jainas hold that the liberated Siddhas maintain through all eternity their separate entity. The Jainas no more agree with the Christians about the end of life which, according to the Christians, is to enjoy a fuller and perfect life in God, by perfectly developing one's every capacity to the fullest extent, and, by enacting freely God's universal plan. It implies a kind of complete dedication and surrender to God, who uses the individuals as his tools. Jainism holds that the liberated souls are infinite and they remain as independent eternal perfected souls after Moksa, realizing their real nature.
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