Jain dharm ke anusar “ye jīv kis purpose se aaya hai?” is prashn ka sahi uttar thodā alag hai:

1. Jīv kabhi “banāyā” nahi gaya

- Jain darshan ke mutābik jīv (ātmā) anādi hai – na uska koi shurū hāi, na use kisi ne banāyā. - Isliye “kisne bhejā?” ya “kis kām ke liye bhejā?” jaisā sawāl hi Jain drishti se thodā galat ho jātā hai. - Koi creator-bhagwān jīv ko bana kar yahā̃ nahi bhejta.

1. Jīv ka asli svarūp kya hai?

- Har jīv andar se shuddh, gyān-svarūp, sukh-svarūp hai. - Lekin anant kāl se usne karm bandh kar rakhe hain – isliye dukh, janm-maran, chintā, klesh sab dikhte hain.

1. Phir insān (manushya janm) ka mahatva kya?

Jain dharm yeh kehtā hai: - Manushya janm isliye bahut kimti hai kyunki yahī avasthā mein jīv ko apne āp ko pehchān kar moksha ki or baṛhne ka maukā miltā hai. - Yahi “purpose” samajh sakte ho: - apne andar ke jīv ko samajhnā (ātma-gyān), - paap–ahinsā, krodh, mān, māyā, lobh ko chhodnā, - dharm–ahinsā, daya, kshamā, saiyam, tapas ko apnānā, - aur dheere-dheere karmo ko kam karke moksh tak pahunchnā.

1. Jain bhāsha mein:

- Jīv ka param lakshya: karm se mukta hokar apne shuddh svarūp mein sthit ho jānā – ise hi moksha / keval-gyān kahte hain. - Abhi hum jo bhi karm karte hain, vahi humeṅ alag-alag yoniyo (narak, tiryanch, manushya, dev) mein ghumāte rehte hain.

1. Sār in chhote shabdo me

- Tum “purpose se āye ho” se jyādā sahi ye kehna hoga: - Tumhara jīv hameshā se hai. - Ab tumhe is manushya janm mein avsar mila hai ki - dharm samjho, - dusro ko dukh na do (ahinsā), - apne bītar shuddhta lao, - aur aage chal kar janm–maran ka chakkar khatam karo.

Yahi Jain dharm ke anusar jīv ka asli lakshya hai.