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 KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
to the object to be perceived. This fully tallies with the view from the standpoint of Idealism, according to which matter is nothing but a bundle of sensible qualities. Jainism, thus, fully explains away the causes of the old enmity existing between Realism and Idealism, and brings them together on a common platform by its anekanta method of investigation.
The eternity of souls as well as matter being established, it now becomes necessary to analyse the nature of their interaction. To understand this fully, we must turn our attention to the quality known as agurulaghutva, which is defined as that property of substances which maintains them as they are, and prevents their being converted into other things. This is nothing other than the special rhythm of each substance which is maintained in its own nature by the intensity of its vibrations, though allowed considerable scope for fluctuations of intension within certain limits.
In virtue of this property of things, the union of different substances results neither in the destruction of an old nor in the creation of a new substance, for that would be a miracle, but in the fusion of their elements into a new form.
It is also worthy of note that the interaction between the substances of nature is possible only on the hypothesis that they possess certain quality, or qualities, in common, which draw them towards each other, and the modifications of form and function require that two or more substances should become interlocked in each other's embrace, giving rise to a new set of qualities as the resultant of their compounding.