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A jīva, in the Jain account, is a conscious living being that changes and endures. It can be bound by material karma and released from it.
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Guided course · Module 3 · Lesson 8
Nonviolence and partial perspectives
Jain teaching connects nonviolence with the living beings around us and with karmic bondage. Its idea of partial standpoints raises a further question: how can a partial view reveal something true without making every opinion equally sound?