Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s8.t2.10

v1.c7.s8.t2.10

**Samsara concept in Jainism** - Jainism thinks that the subject of Samsara phenomenon is "jāva" (soul), and jāva can be divided into two kinds - jāva being in Samsara and jāva achieving liberation. Jāva being in Samsara is divided into the immobile jāva and mobile jāva. The immobile jāva exists in land, water and plants, while mobile jāva exists in animals with more than two sense organs. Jainism argues that material of karma produced by behaviour of body, words and thoughts flowing into "jāva" will make people be bound and fall into Samsara. Samsara concept in Indian history has been keeping a wide range of effects, except for Lokayatika, all sects of Indian philosophy of religion insist on this theory until modern times.