The textbook proposes the category "transtheisitic" to describe Jain belief. The textbook means by this term that1. there are many gods, but Jain belief and practice moves beyond them when considering crucial issues of salvation2. Jain practitioners can worship gods from any religious tradition in order to progress toward liberation3. Jains believe in a creator god and in a separate set of deities to assist the practitioner to salvation4. according to Jain doctrine, some gods inhabit the heavenly realms, but only one god oversees the "slightly curved place" of liberation

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