Answer

In Jain Dharma, the idea of a single creator God who made and controls the universe is not accepted.

Jainism teaches that the universe is beginningless and eternal. It was not created by anyone, and it is not governed by a creator God. Instead, every soul experiences the results of its own karma.

Explanation

According to Jain philosophy:

• The universe has always existed.
• No one created it.
• Every living being is responsible for its own actions.
• Karma operates according to natural spiritual law.
• Liberated souls, called Siddhas, are perfect and divine, but they do not create or control the world.

Jainism does believe in perfected divine beings, such as Arihants and Siddhas. But they are not “God” in the sense of a creator, judge, or controller. They are souls who have destroyed karma and attained infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite bliss, and infinite energy.

Spiritual Understanding

Jain Dharma emphasizes self-responsibility. If a creator God controlled everything, then human effort, karma, tapasya, nonviolence, and spiritual discipline would lose their meaning.

Jainism teaches:

• No one can remove our karma for us.
• No one can grant liberation by favor.
• Each soul must purify itself through right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct.

Takeaway

Jainism does not say divinity does not exist. It says a creator God does not exist. The highest divinity is the purified, liberated soul. Every soul has the potential to become perfect through its own spiritual effort.