Short answer: In Jainism, there is no creator God who runs or created the universe. The cosmos is deemed eternal and governed by natural karmic laws. Liberation comes from one’s own efforts, not from divine intervention.

Key points:

• Tirthankaras (like Mahavira) are revered as perfectly enlightened beings who show the path to liberation, not as creators or rulers of the universe.
• There are gods (devas) in Jain cosmology, but they are also bound by karma and cannot create or grant liberation.
• The focus of practice is right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct (purushartha), leading to kevala jnana and siddha (liberation).

Different Jain traditions (Digambara vs. Śvetāmbara) share this non-creationist view, though they may differ in minor doctrinal details about devas or siddhas. The core teaching remains: liberation is achieved by the individual, not by a creator god.

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