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Jainism in a Global Perspective
Celestial Beings
Hell Beings
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Regarding the human existence on this globe, Bhandāra caves in Maharashtra and caves of Bhimpethika near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, traces of human civilizations of ten thousand to one Million years ago have been found, just alike the existence of Bacteria of one Million years back from Ice and Soil from Toondra (North Pole).
Fundamentally, all matters are made of Energy. Jainism also declared this universe as full of matter in the space which is infact Energy of one type "say" E. The other type of energy E' of soul is totally a different type and is compelled to exist trapped along with E of Matter and leads to formation of any Living being of five categories on basis of the number of sense organs the forms have -- the Unisensed (ekendriya), the Bisensed (dvindriya), the Tri-sensed (trindriya), the Tetra-sensed (caturendriya) and the Penta-sensed (Pañcendriya) forms. The Vertebrates have penta senses and are just like Humans in their feeling and thinking. Some which possess Mind do think but are incapable of doing the things in the way human does, as the best placed creature. Majority of such vertebrates carry a herbivorous supporting Bio-system like humans while others are carnivorous like Cats, Tigers, Dogs etc. But each of them follows the rule of Nature.
So far, not the modern science but Jainism explains the criteria of
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