Harmless Souls (Karmic Bondage and Religious Change in Early Jainism with Special Reference to Umasavati and Kundakunda)

Harmless Souls considers doctrinal change and its implication for religious practice in early Jainism. It focuses on evolving views about the conditions necessary for karmic bondage and the liberation of embodies souls, as described in parts of the early Svetambara canon, Umasvati's Tattvartha Sutra, and the major works of Kundakunda.