Which of the following statements is true of the Jain teaching about souls?
a. Individual souls return to one cosmic soul.
b. Souls are made of inanimate substances.
c. Every soul is eternally individual.
d. Souls are finite in number.
c. Every soul is eternally individual.
Analysis:
a, b & d. Incorrect. When a soul fills a body and takes on its shape, it causes the body to live.
c. Correct. Jainism is unique among many south Asian faiths in its teaching about souls: Individual souls are not parts of one cosmic soul to which they will return, but rather every soul (jiva) is eternally individual.
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