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An Account of " the variety in the world” that is what strikes the teleologist — " is caused by the variety of the Karman which is the action of the soul. ” The soul is therefore the cause of everything through its own actions — of every evil by its evil actions and of every good by its good actions. The soul is its own God, But then,
WHO ARE THE TRUE Gods? Jainism transforms the Adwait doctrine in its charecterisation of divinity. The soul has the capacity either to degrade itself to the depths of the Nigôda or the lowest of the sevan hells or exhalt itself to the uppermost regions of unending Felicity, Absolute Wisdom, Total Insight and Unlimited Prowess. This Quadruple of Illimitables or Anant Chatustbya is not meant to meddle with the affairs of the world. The souls that attain this height are absolutely free from the contaminations of the worldly goods and evils. The Gods are related to the world only as its supreme teachers, inculcating
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