thumb|Classification of Saṃsāri Jīvas (transmigrating souls) in Jainism According to Jainism, the existence of "a bound and ever changing soul" is a self-evident truth, an axiom which does not need to be proven. It maintains that there are numerous souls, but every one of them has three qualities (Guṇa): consciousness (chaitanya, the most important), bliss (sukha) and vibrational energy (virya).
thumb|Classification of Saṃsāri Jīvas (transmigrating soul.s) in Jainism According to Jainism, the existence of "a bound and ever changing soul" is a self-evident truth, an axiom which does not need to be proven. It maintains that there are numerous ?souls, but every one of them has three qualities (Guṇa): consciousness (chaitanya, the most important), bliss (s?ukha) and vibrational energy (virya).