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Harmless Souls

Karmic Bondage and Religious Change in Early Jainism with Special Reference to Umasvati and Kundakunda

by W. J. Johnson

A scholarly study of how the Jain theory of karma and the soul developed from the early canon to the systematic works of Umasvati and the spiritual teaching of Kundakunda. Johnson shows how changing ideas of bondage reshaped the understanding of conduct and liberation.

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