Jainist Nature Of Body And Soul

Samkhya explores the relationship between the Purusha and Prakriti - more specifically, the lack of causal relationship between the Purusha and Prakriti - and how this affects the role of Dharmic action achieving Moksha. Purusha is the soul. It is the immaterial, never-changing, "true" self. The Prakriti is the body. It material, ever-chaninging, "ego"self. Dharma can be defined as virtuous action. Moksha is the liberation of the soul from the body. It is the ultimate goal and the last stage of evolution for the Prakriti. Once the Prakiti realizes its true purpose,it will drop off thus liberating the Purusha. But in reality, the Purushka is already liberated; it's up to the Prakriti to realize that.

However, the Purusha and Prakriti cannot have a causal relationship. This is because the Prakriti exists in time and space. The Purusha exists outside the realm of time and space. It is no where, no when. Therefore it is impossible for something that lives outside time and space to be affected by something that does. This brings up the question, if the Prakriti and Purusha have no causal relationship, then why is Dharmic action important to achieving Moksha?

In order to achieve Moksha, one must annihilate the ego. It is the ego that makes us blind to the fact that only the knowledge that discriminates between the between the purusha and prakriti can dissolve ignorance and free the purusha. The steps to annihilating the ego can be seen through Dharmic action. The more we practice Dharmic action, the more of the ego we chip off, and the closer we become to complete annihilation of the ego, thus achieving Moksha. Dharmic action is a key to living a fulfilling life. By denying the ego, we can focus on being virtuous to others and ourselves. We become less blinded by materialistic and worldly things that bind the Purusha to the Prakriti.