What does Jainism say about non-believers (i.e. people who do not follow the Jina)?

As a religion of universal love and compassion for all living beings, Jainism does not condemn nonbelievers, nor does it claim to know their ultimate destinies. However, Jainism does place all human beingsboth followers and non-followers of the Jinainto the 14 gunasthanas (stages of spiritual development). Thus, non-believers are placed into the first rung of the stages of spiritual development.

This stage is known as Mithyadrsti. The following is a description by Professor Padmanabh Jaini: Mithyadrsti: The lowest state, in which the soul suffers from wrong views (mithya-darsana) because of the presence of darsana-mohaniya karmas and the ananta-nubandhi type of passions (kasaya). As delineated in Professor Jainis description, darsana-mohaniya karmas- or faith/insight-deluding karmas- plague a non-believer, causing him or her to remain in this lowest rung of spiritual development.

This is a state of delusion and erroneous concepts of the world mechanisms. Only souls which pass through ... more.

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