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Jainism.
logical, empistenmological and moral points of view. And the handling is as critical as it is finishing. † If God created the universe where was he before creating it? If he was not in space, where did he localise the universe? “How could a formless or immaterial substance like God” continves the author of the Great Puran — Shri Jin Senacharya “ create the world of matter? Was he a mere architect? If not, whence could be bring his material ? What was the source of his material ? If there was any, who created the source? And whence was that 'who'? If the material is to be taken as always existing, why not take the world itself as unbegun? If the creater was uncreated, why not suppose
† The basis of the Jain doctrine of non-creation is thus summarised:
भावस्स णाथि णासो णथिय भावस्स चेव उप्पादो। गुणपज्जएसु भावा उप्पादवये हि पकुव्वंति ॥
Samaya Sár by Kundkuudacharya.
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