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Virchandbhai could be gifted with such an ability, so that the vast ocean of Jainism can be contained in a few discourses.
While lecturing at the conference, Virchandbhai presented metaphysical points like the Nine Tatvas, Six types of souls, the comparison of the Jain beliefs of the creation and the dissolution of the world with those of other religions and certain technical terms of Jainism in great detail. We quote here from his interesting presentation of these subtle ideas :
'Jainism has two ways of looking at things - one called the Dravyarthikanaya and the other the Paryayarthikanaya. I shall illustrate the same. The production of a law is the production of something not previously existing if we think it from the latter point of view i.e. as a Paryaya or modification; while it is not the production of something not previously existing, if we look at it from the former point of view, i.e, as a dravya or substance.....'.
........ The Jainism canon may be divided into two parts : first Sruta Dharma i.e. Philosophy and second Charitra Dharma i.e. ethics.
'The Sruta Dharma inquires into the nature of nine principles, six kinds of living beings and four states of existence sentient beings, non-sentient things, merit, demerit of the nine principles, the first is Soul. According to Jaina view, Soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels.....!
'The second principle is non-soul. It is not simply what we understand by matter, but is more than that. Matter is a . term contrary to Soul. But non-soul is its contrary. Whatever is not soul is non-soul.
'The rest of the nine principles are but the different states produced by the combination and separation of soul and non-soul. The third principle is merit (Punya); that on
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