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Seven Tattvas

The seven Jain realities: soul, non-soul, inflow, bondage, stopping, shedding and liberation.

Also: tattvas, nine padarthas

Jainism, Sikhism and other paths

Umāsvāti’s Tattvārtha Sūtra sets out seven tattvas, or “realities”, whose right understanding is the basis of the path: jīva, ajīva, āsrava (inflow of karma), bandha (bondage), saṃvara (stopping), nirjarā (shedding) and mokṣa (liberation). Some lists add merit and demerit to make nine. Together they map the soul’s bondage and release.