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thus there is the origin of the water and the destruction of the snow. But the substance (H2 O.) has remained in existence. Or, if a banquet is over and a dance has begun, there is the origin of the dance, and the banquet has gone out of existence, but the same individuals are present in new relations to each other. Or, if a nebula cools down and becomes a solar system, there is the origin of the solar system and the destruction of the nebula; the identical substance remaining in existence.
Now we come to causation. What causes these changes to take place?
Causation is a relationship between two different things, or between two aspects of one identical thing.
The snow melts because the sun is warm. There is the relation of cause between the sun and the melting snow. And there is the relation of cause between the snow and the water; the snow was the cause of the water.
Thus in this particular event there are two causes: (1) the snow, which is the substantial cause; and (2) the sun, which is the instrumental, circumstantial, or determining cause of the event.
The first or substantial cause (upadana) is always identical with itself in its previous condition; and the determining cause (nimitta) is always a different thing, not the substantial cause.
In the substantial cause of anything, substance and manifestation, cause and effect are really identical. The substantial cause of the present universe would be the universe in its previous condition. The substantial cause of the soul would be the identical soul in its previous Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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| SR No. | 001646 |
| Book Title | Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Herbert Warren |
| Publisher | Divine Knowledge Society |
| Publication Year | 1966 |
| Total Pages | 135 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy |
| File Size | 6 MB |