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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This means that the space universe has innumerable spacepoints. They should be divided into innumerable parts. The single living being occupies one part of these innumerable parts. However, it can also occupy two, three, four upto all innumerableth parts of the universespace. Of course, many living beings occupy all the universe space. 4. Q. It is said that even a single innumerableth part has innumerable spacepoints in two, three, four, etc. innumerableth parts of space. Thus, there should be no distinctive occupancy of the different living beings. This is not correct. The innumerable number has also innumerable varieties. Even the non-minimum-, maximum or middle innumerable has also infinite classes. This explains the accommodational differences among the living beings.
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5. Q. It has been pointed out that a single living being occupies one spacepoint. However, there are infinite-times-infinite living beings. How they could be accommodated in the universe-space as there is numerical contrariety?
A. There are two types of living beings - gross and fine. The gross ones have striking bodies. The fine ones, on the other hand, have fine transformations and non-striking bodies even among themselves. That is why, there are infinite-times-infinite microorganisms wherever there is even one fine micro-living. Similarly, there are many sweat-born a-sexual living beings occupying various gross-bodies of human beings. Thus, there is accommodational contrariety here. There have been such a case had there been only gross living beings.
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How the embodied soul could be non-striking?
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The Jaina world of Non-living
This is observed. We observe that the soul accompanied with fine karmic and luminous body passes through an iron-house with painted iron doors and hole-less throughout after death without any crack in it. The karmic body is the mass of tangible karmas and it is always associated with luminous body. Similarly, the non-striking character of fine micro-organic bodies should also be taken.
Supplementary Notes
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The commentary deals with the following points :
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