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31529. ] SPIRITUAL LIGHT. The Soul becomes free from old age, diseases, destruction etc. It becomes free from birth in the cycle of Evolution. While on the other hand the attainment of Heaven does not carry with it the blessings of Moksha. Even the Rulers of Devas and Lords of Asuras are subject to happiness and misery. Their lives are limited. According to the Jain Scriptures the shortest period of their life is ten thousand years and the largest period of their life is thirty-three Sāgaropamas. Though the Devas enjoy pleasures, happiness and exquisite joys yet they are not free from miseries and troubles. They are subject to lust, jealousy, rivalry, vengeance, jarring brawls and quarrels. They have their bodies and embodied as they are, they suffer calamities. The happiness they enjoy is subject to changes. It is not an absolute bliss which is enjoyed in the state of Moksha. When they have completed the enjoyment of their good Karmas, they fall down and are reborn in human kingdom. Time according to the Jain theory is scaled as below:
“ In the Jain idea of time the smallest division is called a “ Samaya ", and it is so small that there are innumerable “ samayas " in a wink of the eye etc., which is called an ávali ". Sixteen million, seven hundred and seventy-seven thousand two hundred and sixteen" āyalis " make 48 minutes, or one • Muhurta."
Thirty muhurtas make one day. Fifteen days make one fortnight.
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