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Jiva (Sanskrit: जीव, IAST: jīva), also referred as Jivātman, is a living being or any entity imbued with a life force in Hinduism and Jainism. [1] The word itself originates from the Sanskrit verb-root jīv, which translates as 'to breathe' or 'to live'.
Ekendriya or ekendriya jīva are a class of spiritual beings mentioned in Jainism believed to be one-sensed nature spirits which only have the sense of touch. Souls reincarnate as ekendriya as a result of their karma and spend different amounts of time existing as ekendriya, depending on how much good karma or bad karma souls that are reincarnated as ekendriya have.
This devotional hymn became popular during the life time of Mahatma Gandhi and was rendered as a bhajan in his Sabarmati Ashram by vocalists and instrumentalists like Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar.
Sentient beings is a term used to designate the totality of living, conscious beings that constitute the object and audience of Buddhist teaching. Translating various Sanskrit terms ( jantu, bahu jana, jagat, sattva ), sentient beings conventionally refers to the mass of living things subject to illusion, suffering, and rebirth ( saṃsāra ).
A jīvanmukta, literally meaning 'liberated while living', [1] is a person who, in the Jain and Vedānta philosophy, has gained complete self-knowledge and self-realisation and attained kaivalya (enlightenment) or moksha (liberation), thus is liberated while living and not yet dead.
Jīva (Sanskrit: जीव) or Ātman (/ ˈ ɑː t m ən /; Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul. [1] As per Jain cosmology, jīva or soul is the principle of sentience and is one of the tattvas or one of the fundamental substances forming part of the universe.
According to Jainism, purification of soul and liberation can be achieved through the path of three jewels: [3] [4] [5] Samyak darśana (Correct View), meaning faith, acceptance of the truth of soul (jīva); [6] Samyak jnana (Correct Knowledge), meaning undoubting knowledge of the tattvas; [7] and Samyak charitra (Correct Conduct), meaning behavior consistent with the Five vows. [7]
Jain philosophy can be described in various ways, but the most acceptable tradition is to describe it in terms of the Tattvas or fundamentals. [2] Without knowing them one cannot progress towards liberation.