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Practice of Compassion in Modern Life
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of Astrology, Maths, Science and Philosophy centuries ahead befor Christ (B.C.)
The two schools of thoughts with regards to formation of Earth and evolution of life on it lead a long controversy whether some creator created this all spontaneously or was it autonomous, evolving slowly? If life came spontaneously then there was no reason for slow evolution. But Anthropologists believe that life came first as Microbes and slowly evolved to higher forms presently existing; which means evolution must be in continuity even now and will end to something unknown, what not? Geneticists however fully believe upon the miracles of genes though they also feel helpless in reviving the lost species of this planet.
Jainism does not believe in any creator but takes this Universe as autonomic and automatic like an atom; and lives on it since ever in their various forms following the genetic theory. The six components not created by any one are eternal and umperishable. 1. The Equipotent Souls (as energy and as Organisimal Units with
Matter) in different body forms. (Jiva) 2. The medium of Motion (dharma) 3. The Medium of Rest (adharma) 4. The Space (ākāśa) 5. The Matter (of Organic and Inorganic types-- Pudgala) 6. The Time. (kāla)
In fact all different forms of Life appear through the restrained combinations of Matter and Soul under the influence of Karma, where evolution has occured for each soul from its most tensive life form of Microbe through the cycles of rebirths through 8400,000 Life forms (yonis)which can be shown by the two crossing Zigzags. Atone arm of the Zigzag stands the Human life alone while on the rest three, the remaining 83,99,999 life forms hanging show as to how difficult it is for any soul to get this (Fig.-1) most cepable Human form of life/Birth!, and how can any soul achieve it through monitoringones own deeds or the influence of eight types of Karma.
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