Multiple Choice
According to the Jaina tradition, what is the most fundamental existential problem that prevents the soul from achieving a state of bliss?
A) We do not have a living Jina to teach us.
B) Humans have "fallen" from a state of perfection.
C) Humans are born in a state of sin.
D) We are incapable of restraining our cravings in the degenerate cycle of time.
E) Jiva and ajiva are thoroughly enmeshed.
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