Thread by @SolarisePravesh

Demystifying Karma Theory

#Jainism

Karmas can be considered a kind of system of laws but natural rather than moral laws

Shrivatsa or the karmic knot depicted on the chest of Tirthankara

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@YoungJainsIndia @truejainology @bahubali09 @_bhaarratpati @prashantkawadia

Jain snake and ladder

Gyan chauper/Jnan chauper (game of wisdom), the version associated with the Jain philosophy encompasses the concepts like karma and Moksha.

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@LavanyaBallal
@dr_rajpurohit
@JainMaggii
@shhhhcularism
@1AakashJain
@Sameeksha_India
@akj224

Karmas are often wrongly interpreted as a method for reward and punishment of a soul for its good and bad deeds

In Jainism there is no question of there being any reward or punishment, as each soul is the master of its own destiny

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@Charmi_Ankit
@NishithJain11
@vinayak_jain

Tirthankaras are not attributed "absolute godhood" under Jainism. Thus, even the Tirthankaras themselves have to go through various stages of Karma for the stages of emancipation, for attaining that state.

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@JagoJainJagore @JagoBharathJago @arpitjain__

Karma operates as a self-sustaining mechanism as a natural universal law, without any need of an external entity to manage them.

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@the_lost_girl92 @agm_re

The karmas can be said to represent a sum total of all unfulfilled desires of a soul. They enable the soul to experience the various themes of the lives that it desires to experience.

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@bhadresh61 @JainMaggii @shhhhcularism @deshbhaktjain @vikky_j02

While #Buddhism does give a similar and to some extent a matching account for Gautama Buddha, #Hinduism maintains a totally different theory where "divine grace" is needed for emancipation.

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@1AakashJain @JainGoldnMandir @Amit_2015aj @Tathastu1008 @eddiejain_

Jainism treats all souls equally, inasmuch as it advocates that all souls have the same potential of attaining nirvana. Only those who make effort, really attain it, but nonetheless, each soul is capable on its own to do so by gradually reducing its karma.

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@SarikaJainBJP

see the complete thread above.
@JainArihantknp @MrPrashantJain @Sameeksha_India