Jaina World of Non Living

SR No.: 001658
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 306
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 17 MB

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The Jaina world of Non-living
is in the outer part of the ear drum. This causes the experience of sound due to divine vital force called 'Adrsta'. If this ear-space is admitted as a whole space, it will become the space itself. Thus, all the sounds produced due to strikes between material bodies in all directions should be heard by all the living beings all the times. To avoid this flaw, if only the limited spatial spacepoints are called as the ear, it means that there are many spatial spacepoints. Thus, the Vaišeșika postulate of non-space - pointed space reality will not stand scrutiny.
Alternatively, an atom occupies space. If it occupies the whole space (because of its non-spacepointed character), the size of the space will have to be either atomic or the atomic size will have to be equivalent to whole space. Both possibilities are undesirable. However, to avoid this, if atom is said to occupy one point of the space, it leads to the fact that the space has many spacepoints. Thus, again we conclude that the spacepoints of space are real. 20. Secondly, Vaišeșikas postulate that actions change their substratum though decombinations and combinations. It is their nature. This fact also indicates that the space must be spacepointed. There will, otherwise, be the possibility of absence of actions due to absence of translational activity in spacepoints. 21. Further, the Jainas postulate the view of manifoldness towards the unity and multiplicity of spacepoints of these realities. For example, there is unity of spacepoints in a man with respect to substantive or general standpoint while there is multiplicity of spacepoints with respect to modal or particular standpoint such as he has limbs and sublimbs like head, back, hand, nose, fingers, joints etc. which have their own spacepoints. Alternatively, substantively, man is one while modally he is many in terms of cutter, food-digester etc. There is also manifoldness in him with respect to his modes of being a father, son, son-in-law, brotherin-law etc. of others. He may also have manifoldness with respect to his qualities as having five-sensed one, healthy, intelligent, clever, skilled and well-behaved etc. Similarly, the realities of living being, medium of motion and rest are substantively one while they are many with respect to their specific modes.
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