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Glimpses of World Religions
(5) Ashrav - the currents of good and bad actions which
envelop the soul.
Samwar – the opposition of Ashrav. (7) Nirjarā - abolition of earlier actions which had bound the
soul by means of either penance (Tapashcharya) or through
enjoyments of them. (8) Binding or ‘Bandh' meaning the relation of matter generated
by Karmas (Karma pudgal) with a living being – Jiva. (9) Moksha or liberation of the soul from bondage - all karmas
being destroyed, Atma or soul becomes accompliced and enlightened one, resides in transcendental state or in the
divine condition of Moksha. Six substances (Dravyas) (1) Jivastikāya meaning Jiva or living being. (2) Dharmastikāya – matter assisting in progress. (3) Adharmastikāya - a thing which helps the Jiva or inanimate
object is settling (4) Ākāstikāya meaning giver of space (5) Pudgalastikāya - meaning a thing which has its nature of
being stale, fall or melting. Atma or soul – the Jain religion is subjective or self centric. It believes that the soul is pure consciousness; but because of its attachments to activities or karmas, it has to take
a lot of births (a cycle of various lives.) Austerities (Tapa) in Jain Dharma
The Jain religion gives much importance to penance or hard austerities. There are, according to them, 12 (twelve) kinds of austerities : fasting, less eating etc. are the six kinds of external austerities, which are penances directly affecting or related to
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Alma
