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reality are permanent and the remaining elements are transient. However, none of these propositions can explain all the facets of reality and they all have their grey areas. The Jaina philosophy's stand on the nature of reality is reflected in the aphorist Umāsvāti's words – "Utpāda-vyaya-dhrauvyayuktam sat /” (Tattvārthasūtra, 5.29) maintains that the entirety of reality exhibits 'creation (utpāda), destruction (vyaya) and permanence (dhrauvya).
Every object, either animate or inanimate is composed of two parts - one that remains permanent and ever unaltered while the other part is constantly changing with its one mode being expended when the following mode (paryāya) comes into being. The examples of these seemingly contradictory propositions are very easily explained. The animate reality is the soul that resides in every living being. Its modes (dispositions or paryāya) are constantly changing. When one spiritual disposition gives way to its following disposition the earlier disposition is said to have expended (vyaya) and the latter one is said to have been born (utpāda), while the conscious matter (Jiva-dravya) remains permanent and unaltered (dhruva) in all the time periods – past, present and future. As an inanimate example, let us take the case of water. When the water freezes we say that it has become ice. In this case the water (liquid) mode (taral paryāya) is expended (vyaya) in favour of the ice (solid) mode (thosa paryāya), which is created (utpāda) while the water-matter (Hydrogen-oxide H,O) remains permanent (dhruva) in both its forms. It is also the case when water is heated and becomes steam or when it evaporates and becomes water-vapour. While its modes change from liquid to gaseous, the water-matter (Jala-dravya) remains unaltered in both its forms. The Soul And The Karma -
We have referred to the living matter and the non-living matter earlier. It is the living matter that is called spirit or soul. 44 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
| SR No. | 006564 |
| Book Title | Jainism the Creed for All Times |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | D S Baya |
| Publisher | Prakrit Bharti Academy |
| Publication Year | 2006 |
| Total Pages | 420 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 20 MB |