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tate either Time, Nature, Necessity, Karma, or Purusha as the origin of the Universe; and the Monists, who advocate the doctrine of Word-Brabina-Gnosis, believe in their identity. The diíferent aspects of truth accepted by these sectarians, when related to one another, all together become one grand truth; but, if they do not join hands, they contradict one another, and in so doing they are changed into "the flower of the sky' (which is not a real thing, but an illusion of the mind)."
The Jain philosophy teaches that the universe - the totality of realities-is infinite in space and eterpal in timne; but the saine universe, considered from the stand-point of the manifestations of the different realities, is finite in space and non-eternal in time, Particular parts of the universe hare their cyclic laws corresponding to the laws of evolutior. and involution. At certain periods Arhats, or great Masters (Saviors of mankind), are born, who through love, sacrifice of the lower nature ( not of the real Self), and wisdom, teach the true doctrine. Referring to that part of the world known as BharataKhanda (India), the last Arhat, Mabavira, was born 598 B. C., in a town called Kundagrama in the territory of Videha, He lived seventy-two years and reached Moksha (the perfect condition] in 526 B. c.
The Jain philosophy also teaches that each soul (Atman) is a seperate individuality, uncreated, and eternal in existence; that each individual soul has
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