Jainism Key to Reality

SR No.: 007600
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 416
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Q.1.28.3
Does telepathy also cognize the non-concrete objects of the thoughts of the mind? No, it cannot cognize the non-concrete objects directly.
A.I.28.3
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Tohb; &lk; kl 3kq doyl; 1.29 Sarvadravyaparyāyesu kevalasya
VFk% Meaning:
'doy Kku' dh ipfr Ic nb; kao mudh Ici;kZ ka ea gksh gå Omniscience (kevala jñ na) extends to all entities (substances) and all their modes simultaneously.
Q.1.29.1 A.I.29.1
What is the meaning of sarvadravya? How many are they? There are six types of substances namely living beings, matter, media of motion and rest, space and time.
Q.1.29.2 A.I.29.2
How many numbers exist in each kind of substance? Living beings are infinite and so is matter. Media of motion and rest and space are each one in number while time is innumerable and spread through the cosmos.
Q.1.29.3 A.I.29.3
What is meant by substance (dravya)? That which exists is substance. That which is an amalgam of attributes and modes is substance.
Q.1.29.4 A.I.29.4
What is meant by reality or sat? That which is with origination-destruction simultaneously is sat / real.
and
permanence
Q.1.29.5 A.I.29.5
How many modes are there of the six substance kinds? Each substance type has infinite modes in the past present and future.
Q.1.29.6 A.I.29.6
What is meant by mode? That which acquires each attributes of the substance from all angles is called mode.
Q.I.29.7 A.I.29.7
What is meant by omniscience? It is the knowledge which is completely free from all veils of knowledge-obscuring karmas i.e. it is just pure knowledge.
Q.1.29.8 A.I.29.8
Who can acquire omniscience? It can be acquired by human beings only.
Q.I.29.9 A.I.29.9
Who cannot acquire omniscience? It cannot be acquired by the heavenly, infernal and subhuman beings.
Q.1.29.10 A.I.29.10
Who in the human beings can acquire omniscience? Only those human beings who are likely to achieve liberation in that life span can acquire omniscience.
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