Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE SIDDHANTA.
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from different directions at any given moment of time; but the necessity for some such substance as Adharma can be clearly perceived in the case of pure spirit. It should be borne in mind that gravitation has really no hold on the jiva whose nature is freedom itself. It is, however, rendered vulnerable on account of its association with its body which is subject to that force. But even here observation shows that the individual will is endowed with the power to partially annul the operation of gravitation, as in walking, jumping and moving about; and the case with a trained ascetic will is simply astonishing, inasmuch as it brings about the phenomenon of levitation and enables one to walk through the air, as the ancient records testify.
Finally, when the soul is completely rid of its load of the impurities of sin, it immediately rises up and goes to the Siddha Sila to take its place among Gods.
It is thus clear that pure spirit is not subject to the operation of gravitation, so that even if that force be regarded as the medium of rest, it will not be available to assist a Redeemed Soul to assume the condition of stationariness from motion. That such a medium is necessary may be seen by considering what is involved in its denial ; for the Deified Soul who ascends up to nirvana at the top of the Universe will then be constantly sliding and rolling about in a state of perpetual un-repose. But this is clearly absurd.
Adharma, then, is a necessary element in the order
* To some extent the phenomena of levitation have also been recognised by modern research (see the Law of Psychic Phenomena and other works dealing with the subject).