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Chapter 5 - Sutra 7-11: The self-substance is not considered as a person, and like the Samkhya, Vaisheshika, and similar Vedic philosophies, it is deemed inactive. However, according to Jainism, all substances are considered to have transformations – production and destruction. Such transformations can only occur in active substances. If the three substances, namely Dharma, Adharma, and the like, are considered inactive, how can transformations occur in them?
Response: Here, the inactivity is used to deny the kinetic activity, not the activity itself. According to Jain philosophy, the term 'substance' is defined as devoid of motion. Even in inactive substances such as Dharma and Adharma, there exists a transformation that is bound to their nature.
Now consider the number of regions? "The regions of Dharma and Adharma are innumerable. The regions of a single soul are also innumerable. The regions of space are infinite. The regions of the pudgala (matter) are finite, innumerable, and infinite."