Philosophy of Nine Reals

SR No.: 006560
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sunandaben Vohra
Publisher: Shantilal V Desai
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 4 MB

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LESSON 5 NON-SOUL REAL
What is a real called non-soul? Non-soul is that which is not soul. Thus it is insentient. Matter is insentient; it is not soul. Cots, wooden seats, clothes, vessels, tables, chairs, houses, cities etc. are instances of matter. These instances or forms of matter we can see. But besides matter there are other non-soul reals which are not amenable to our visual cognition; they are invisible. Like a silent servant they serve us without our knowledge. They pervade the whole universe. The non-soul real is well known as the non-soul substance. Non-soul substances are of five kinds.
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Dharmastikaya (Medium of motion) Adharmastikaya (Medium of rest)
Äkāsāstikāya (Space)
Pudgala (Matter)
Kāla (Time)
Defining characteristic It assists souls and matter to
move.
It assists souls and matter to rest.
It provides room to all substances.
Matter is endowed with colour, taste, smell and touch.
Time assists souls and
matter to undergo change.
'Astikaya' is a compound of two words, viz. 'asti' meaning space-point and 'kāya' meaning a collection of units which are combined. Thus the term 'astikāya' means a substance having a collection of space-points well combined with one another. Hence the term ultimately means a substance having extension. Soul, Medium of motion, Medium of rest, Space and Matter are substances having extension (astikāya). Time has one space-point only and hence it has no extension. So, Time is not regarded as an astikāya. It is a substance without extension.
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