Jain dharm ke hisāb se:

1. Maut ke turant bād har jīv 4 meṅ se kisī ek gati meṅ janm letā hai:

- Deva gati (dev) - Manushya gati (insān) - Tiryanch gati (pashu‑pakshī, keet, vriksh, ādi) - Narak gati (narak ke jīv)

1. “Bhoot–pret” Jain shāstra kā alag permanent varg nahīṅ hai.

Log jis ko “bhoot, pret, pisāch” bolte hain, Jain darshan usse: - adhikatar “vyantar dev” mānte hain (ye deva gati ke bahut nīche star ke dev hain – bhūt, pret, pishāch, yaksh, rākshas, ādi ko isi śreṇī meṅ ginā jātā hai). - Isliye ye deva gati ke jīv hain, alag “pāñchvī gati” nahīṅ.

1. Kabhī‑kabhī log “pret ban gayā” bolte hain, lekin Jain drishti se:

- us jīv ne jo karm bandh kiyā, uske anusār use turant 4 gati meṅ se kahīṅ janm mil chukā hotā hai; - vah hawā meṅ lataktā, be‑gati bhatakne vālā jīv nahīṅ rehtā.

1. Digambar aur Shwetambar dono paramparāoṅ meṅ 4 gati kā siddhānt ek hī hai; “bhoot‑pret” ko alag gati na mān kar, nīchle dev (vyantar dev) ya anya gatiyoṅ ke jīv ke rūp meṅ samjhā jātā hai.

Sār: Log jinhe “bhoot‑pret” bolte hain, Jain dharm meṅ vāstav meṅ vyantar dev ādi hote hain, isliye unhēṅ deva gati kā jīv mānā jātā hai, alag gati nahīṅ.