Haan, pichle janam ki baat Jain dharma me hoti hai. Seedhe jawaab yeh hai:

• Atma (jiva) anek janmo और karm ke-chakkar me phas jaati hai. Jo milta hai, wo aapke kartavya, vichaar, aacharan ke karmon par nirbhar karta hai.
• Pichle janam ki yaad aam logon ko nahi hoti. Sirf kuch atmaen ya bahut adhik tapasya karne wale, ya kevali (sarvagya) sthiti par pahunchi atmaen hi kuch yaad ya samajh sakti hain. Digambar/Shwetambar dono paramparaon me is baat ki vyakhya milti hai ki jiv ke past karm hi vartaman jeevan ki sthiti ko paribhashit karte hain.
• Vartaman jeevan me jo paristithiyan milti hain (yeh roop, dhan-dar, swabhav, sanskar) wo pichle janmo ke karmon ka phal hote hain. Saath hi, sahi dharmacharan, ahimsa, satya, brahmacharya (jahaan upyukt ho), samaachaar aur tapasya se karmon ko kam kiya ja sakta hai.
• Mukti ya moksha ke liye karmon ka nivaran (viraman) bahut zaroori hota hai. Iske liye samyak darshan, samyak gyaan, samyak charitra jaisi mool bhavnaayein aur dharmic jeevan apnana hota hai.

Agar aap chaho to main pichle janmon ki soch-vichar ke liye Digambar aur Shwetambar ki mukhya farakiyon ko bhi saral shabdon me samjha sakta hoon.