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    But if soul is ananta, after becoming siddha, how will you differentiate one infinite with another?

    5 months ago 59

    In Jain dharma, siddha souls are all equal in their pure qualities, but they are not one and the same soul.

    The key point is:

    • Ananta in the liberated state means endless, पूर्ण, limitless qualities like infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite bliss, and infinite energy.
    • It does not mean that all siddhas become one single entity.
    • Each siddha remains a distinct dravya (substance), a separate soul.

    So how are they differentiated?

    • By their individuality as souls: each jīva is eternally a separate reality.
    • Not by defects, body, gender, name, or form: all these are gone after liberation.
    • Not by difference in pure qualities: all siddhas have the same perfect qualities.
    • Therefore, siddhas are different in existence, but equal in perfection.

    A simple way to understand it:

    • Many lamps can all give the same light.
    • Their light may be the same in nature, but each lamp is still a separate lamp.

    Similarly, all siddhas are:

    • separate souls,
    • fully pure,
    • completely समान in attributes,
    • yet each one remains individually distinct.

    So in Jain philosophy, the answer is: they are not differentiated by qualities, but by their eternal individual existence as distinct souls.

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