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Scientific Secrets of Jainism
the earth has both, a beginning and an end. The living world was created after crores of years of creation of the earth and it developed gradually. This is what the scientists have been believing. But according to the Jain philosophy, the world of living beings is never created. Since beginningless time the living world has been on the earth and will continue to be there for endless time. It has neither a beginning nor an end. It goes on ascending and descending. The periods of ascent and descent are respectively called Utsarpiņikāla and Avasarpinikāla. The present time is Avasarpinikāla. The geological fossils etc. which are the evidences of the famous theory of evolution by Charles Darwin can be evidences of the Avasarpinikāla of the Jain philosophy and they can disprove the theory of evolution because even the Darwin's theory of evolution is ultimately based on inferences and not on direct proofs or evidences. In short the living world is neither created nor destroyed.
Before thinking of the origin of living organisms, according to the Jain philosophy, let us examine various theories presented by different scientists; the experiments made by them in order to prove their theories and their results and reasons for such results according to the doctrines of the Jain philosophy.
Since many centuries, the problem of the origin of the living organisms has been a headache to scientists and philosophers. In the beginning, philosophers believed that there was someone who created all kinds of animals, insects etc. i.e. all living beings and they called him a creator. But this theory of special creation is not acceptable to scientists nor is it acceptable to the Jain philosophy. A great question arises to it is that if the creator made all then there must be someone to make the creator. Who made the creator? Nobody can give a clear explanation to this.
Regarding the beginning of the living organisms, scientists believed that the first living thing perhaps came from a heavenly body i.e. celestial object or the most microorganisms came as cosmic dust. But this cosmozoic theory is also not acceptable to scientists because even on other planets there is no atmosphere conducive to life. The problem of existence of living organisms on other planets has not been yet solved. But according to the Jain geography and astronomy there are many regions which are vaster even than the earth and human beings, animals, plants, insects etc. all the living beings there,
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| SR No. | 001603 |
| Book Title | Scientific Secrets of Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nandighoshvijay |
| Publisher | Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 378 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Science, Religion, & Articles |
| File Size | 21 MB |