Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s8.t3.11

v1.c7.s8.t3.11

**Vimukti in Jainism:** Jainism argues that liberation refers to the state that jīva (soul) as the subject of human or life phenomena gets rid of the Samsara. Jainism thinks that jīva can be divided into two kinds - jīva being in Samsara and jīva achieving liberation. The former is bound, while the latter is unbound. The reason that jīva gets into Samsara and is bound is that the materials of karma produced by the behaviour of body, words and thoughts flow into it, making jīva and material combine to form the body, from birth to death. Such material flowing into jīva is called a 'leak'. For liberation, it is necessary to destroy the leak and make jīva free from the material. For ways to destroy the leak or to achieve liberation, the main scripture of Jainism - *Tattvarthadhigama* thinks that jāva can get rid of the yoke of the material to reach liberation by relying on “three treasures” of Jainism, namely - correct faith, correct wisdom and correct behaviour.