The Correlation of Soul and Knowledge: A Philosophical Analysis from the Jain Perspective
Journal for Transdisciplinary Approach in Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2026 Arihant Kumar Jain
Abstract Background: Jain philosophy treats consciousness as an ontological feature of the living self ( Jiva [~soul]/ atma [~soul]) and locates knowledge ( jnana [~knowledge]) as an intrinsic, self-luminous quality that becomes manifest as karmic obscuration is attenuated. Objective: To synthesise classical Jain scriptural and philosophical positions on the soul-knowledge relation and to...