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**Commentary on the Five-fold Nature of Substance** - If someone claims that space is the cause of motionlessness, and doubts that space is also the cause of motion, then there is a flaw in their argument.
If space, in the same way that it is the cause of the movement of those who move, is also the cause of the motionlessness of those who are motionless, then why (for what reason) would the perfected, liberated beings, who are naturally inclined to move upwards, remain stationary in space, even though they have the external and internal means and materials? ||92||
**Commentary** - Here, it is shown that if space provides space for beings like jivas, and if it also provides for motion and stillness, then there is a flaw. The question is, if space is the cause, then why would it provide for both? How can it be the cause of both movement and stillness?
**Explanation** - The perfected beings, who are characterized by pure consciousness and the absence of change, have destroyed the paths of hell, animal, human, and god, and have attained the state of liberation through the power of their understanding of the essence of time and cause. They naturally move upwards. Why do they remain stationary in the space at the top of the world?
**Meaning** - This sutra implies that space is not the cause of stillness. The perfected beings do not move beyond the world because there is no dharma substance beyond the world. Dharma substance is the cause of movement. ||12||
This is an explanation of the position of stillness. The Jina sages have stated that the perfected beings reside above. Therefore, space is not the cause of stillness, but rather the cause of movement. ||93||