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    jainism operates on the nirguna or saguna ultimate reality?

    3 months ago 46

    In Jain philosophy, the ultimate reality is neither purely nirguṇa nor saguna in the same way as some other Indian systems describe Brahman.

    More precisely:

    • Jīva and ajīva are real substances in Jainism.
    • A siddha jīva is formless, bodiless, and beyond worldly attributes like color, smell, taste, and touch.
    • But Jainism does not say the highest reality is a single creator God who is nirguṇa in the Vedantic sense.
    • The liberated soul is free from karma and worldly qualities, so in that sense it is nirguṇa with respect to material attributes.
    • At the same time, it is said to possess infinite pure qualities such as:
    - infinite knowledge - infinite perception - infinite bliss - infinite energy

    So, in Jainism:

    • Ultimate liberated state is formless and beyond material attributes
    • But it is not attribute-less in an absolute sense, because the soul has pure, eternal qualities

    Therefore, the best Jain answer is:

    Jainism does not frame ultimate reality as simply nirguṇa or saguna; the liberated soul is beyond physical attributes yet endowed with infinite pure spiritual qualities.

    If you want, I can also explain this in terms of Dravya, Guna, and Paryāya in Jain philosophy.

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