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==Main Points in Jainism== * Every living being has a soul. * Every soul is potentially divine and has the innate qualities of infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite power, and infinite bliss. Have benevolence for all living beings.. * Therefore, regard every living being as yourself and harm no one. * Every soul is born as a celestial, human, sub-human or hellish being according to its own karmas. * Every soul is the architect of its own life, here or hereafter. * When a soul becomes freed from karmas, it gets God-consciousness (infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite power, and infinite bliss) and becomes liberated. * Right view, Right knowledge and Right Conduct (triple gems of Jainism) provide the way to this realisation. * Non-violence (Ahimsa) is the basis of right faith, the condition of right knowledge and the kernel of right conduct. * Control your senses. * Limit your possessions and lead a pure life of usefulness to yourself and others. Ownership of an object by itself is not possessiveness; however attachment to an object is possessiveness * Enjoy the company of the holy and better qualified, be merciful to those who are afflicted and be tolerant towards those who are perversely inclined. * Four things are difficult to attain by a soul: human birth, knowledge of the law, faith in it and the pursuit of the right path. * It is important not to waste human life in evil ways. Instead, we should strive to rise up on the ladder of spiritual evolution.〔Collected these points during my visit to South Indian Jain religious place at Ponnur Hill, Kund Kund Nagar, Thiruvannamalai District, Tamilnadu, PIN 604505, India. It is a logical explanation of the Jainism philosophy in summary form.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jain terms and concepts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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