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SIX CONSTITUENT SUBSTANCES OF THE WORLD
The world is constituted of six substances. The activity of these substances is natural to them. It is neither imparted nor initiated nor generated by some agent, that is, God. They pervade the entire world. And they undergo change every moment in accordance with their qualities. There is no agent who creates or destroys the world. The world governs itself, requiring no agent. Its constituent six substances having natural dynamism help the world sustain and govern itself.
Names of six substances: 1. Jivāstikāya (Soul substance), 2. Pudgalastikaya (Matter substance), 3. Dharmastikaya (Substance-serving-as-a-medium-ofmotion), 4. Adharmāstikāya (Substance-serving-as-a-medium-of-rest), 5. Ākāṣāstikāya (Space substance), 6. Kala (Time substance).
|I Astikāya Dravyas (Substances having extension)
Classifications of Substances
1 Jivastikāya
2 Dharmastikaya
3 Adharmastikaya
4 Akäsästikaya
5 Pudgalāstikaya II Jada dravyas (Insentient substances)
1 Dharmastikāya
2 Adharmastikaya
3 Akāśāstikāya
LESSON 6
4 Pudgalāstikāya 5 Kāla
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Anastikaya Dravyas
(Extensionless Substances) 1 Kala
Cetana Dravyas (sentient substances) 1 Jivāstikāya
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