B. K. Matilal , “Perception. An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge”, Oxford University Press, p. xiv. Jain spirituality relies on a strict code of nonviolence or ahimsa (which includes vegetarianism), almsgiving (dana), proper religion within the three jewels, the practice of austerities (tapas) similar to fasting, and yogic practices. Jain yoga goals at the liberation and purification of the self (atma) or soul (jiva) from the forces of karma, which keep all souls bound to the cycle of transmigration. Like Yoga and Sankhya, Jainism believes in a multiplicity of particular person souls which bound by their individual karma. Only through the reduction of karmic influxes and the exhaustion of one’s collected karma can a soul turn out to be purified and launched, at which level one turns into an omniscient being who has reaches “absolute data” (kevala jnana).
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