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Tattvartha Sutra

  1. IDEA 1

    Three jewels together

    Right view, right knowledge and right conduct together form the path to freedom. One without the others is incomplete.

  2. IDEA 2

    Souls support one another

    Its best-known line says living beings exist to help one another. This became an emblem of Jainism.

  3. IDEA 3

    Karma as fine dust

    Karma is pictured as fine matter that sticks to the soul when we act from passion. Calm actions attract less.

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