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JAIN PIIILOSOPHY & MODERN SCIENCE
Vedas, as we find in other Vedic literature, but Vedas, still are, the main fountain-head of all theories with Vedic traditions The theme of Vedas has developed on the very searching question of "From where has this world come and how and from where did it originate.""
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All the five known schools of philosophy, viz. Nayayika, Vaisesika, Sankhya, Mimansa, and Yoga, · their branches and sub-branches, have originated out of Vedic traditions. All the philosophers belongmg to the different schools of philosophy have independently and in their own way of thinking defined the 'soul' and 'salvation' etc, but the mam source of inspiration and knowledge behind such propundings are the Vedas Some philosophers believe that soul is a small thing like the atom while others say that it is infinitesome and pervading the whole tiverse. Some regard it as an independent entity while others accept it as a part of the indivisible Substance. To this extent the philosophers have differed in their thoughts but they are unanimous with regard to subjects of re-birth, Karma, knowledge, the life, and the experience of eternity etc In other words all the philosophers have agreed on this theistic view point as opposed to atheism.
Buddhist View
Buddhist philosophy has its own distinctive view point on the subject of soul It imitates the CHAR
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