Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth

SR No.: 006599
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 740
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 20 MB

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Bhagavai 5:7:154-159
- 281:Can it, O Lord! pass through the middle of a huge cloud called Puşkarasamvartaka? Yes, it can. Does it get a wetting there? Gautama! some of them can get a wetting, some of them can not get a wetting. Can it, O Lord! quickly cruise against the current of the great river Gangā? Yes, it can. Does it, O Lord! get destroyed there? Gautama! some of them can get destroyed, some of them can not get destroyed. Can it, O Lord! extend itself in the whirlpool of water or a drop of water? Yes, it can. Does it, O Lord! get pressed there? Gautama! some of them can get pressed, some of them can not pressed there.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 154-159
In the Anuyogadärāim, two kinds of paramāņus have been mentioned: subtle (transcendental) and empirical.' The empirical paramānu is a cluster of infinite number of subtle paramānus. Precisely speaking, it is a cluster made of infinite number of paramāņu.? From the empirical point of view, it is called an empirical paramānu.The same properties that have been assigned to the paramāņu have been given in the case of a cluster of innumerable number of pradeśas. There are, however, two alternatives in the case of a clusters made of infinite number of pradeśas; some of them can be pierced and cut by the edge of the sword, some can not be. The reason is that those clusters which are grossly formed can be pierced and cut by the edge of a sword, but those with subtle form can not be. The empirical paramānu is a cluster of infinite number of paramāņu which are capable of undergoing subtle transformation. According to the Anuyogadārāim, it can not be pierced and cut by the edge of the sword."
In modern science, in earlier period, there was an opinion that the division of atom was not possible, but now the atom has been disintegrated. According to Jainism, the atom accepted in science is a cluster made of infinite number of paramāņus (ultimate atoms). Even an empirical atom can not be broken by instrument. Here a question arises: in the canonical literature, it has been said that a paramäņu can not be pierced and cut by the edge of sword. The edge of the sword however, is very gross, so it is true that a atom can not be divided by it. But modern science has developed very subtle instruments. It seems possible to disintegrate the empirical paramāņu by such instrument.
1. Anu, sū. 396. 2. Ibid., sū. 398.