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the help of the sense organs, e. g., eyes, ears, etc., only so long as it is bound by the karma, A pure soul realizes the whole vision of a thing by mere intuition and perception. The way of liberating the soul from the bondage of karma is called Sadhana or means of liberation in Jainism which will be described later on.
What we understand by the material world is the product of the various kinds of non-soul substances. All these elements are real eternal and infinite in number. The individual elements are not visible in their natural form. It is only the synthetic or the compound state of all the elements that is known as the material world, visible to us Every element has its own inherent qualities or properties and these are always acting and reacting on one another. On the principle of cause and effect rests the material world which is always subject to change at every moment. But change is possible only in the form of things. Subtle changes are always taking place. Sometimes catastrophic changes also take place according to this natural law of cause and effect. In the Jain terminology, Utpada is formation, Dhravya is existence or continuance of light change, and Vyaya is
