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ARHAT VACANA Kundakunda Jñanapitha, Indore
OMNISCIENCE & JAINISM
I A. P. Jain
Every thought is preceeded by material vibrations in brain. These brain waves are not a myth now, but hard facts of experiment. It has been possible to record them on paper and the records are known as incephelograms. They have been transmitted across the Atlantic and received at the other end (a sort of telepathic transmission with the help of machines). In fact they are electromagnetic waves of ultra - ultra short wave lengths. When the brain acting like a miniature radio receiver is properly tuned, the waves from outside are received in. In fact a thought can be looked upon as influx of foreign energy into the soul. Prof. Albert Einsteen astounded the world by his great discovery that energy is matter and matter is energy. Every thought, therefore, which precedes our action, involves comming in of some foreign matter into the soul. The Jain theory of karma which postulates the association of subtle matter with the soul at every moment of our life and which has been given the name karma vargana and is included amongst the six divisions into which matter has been divided under name Sutdravya.
Souls are divided into two catagories - mundane and pure. A mundane soul is closely associated with matter which flows in as a result of our thought and consequent actions. As every kind of matter is subject in Newtonian forces of gravitation, the poor mundane soul stands no chances of flying away from the grip of the universe which is filled with matter on its concerns, but when this association with karmic matter is annihilated, the soul begins its upward journey like a hydrogen balloon. Hydrogen atom is the lightest among matters and therefore a hydrogen balloon would go up as far as meets the hydrogen layer of the upper atmosphere provided it is prevented from bursting by the rays of Sun. Soul is lightest still, in fact, because it is non- material and rises to the top of universe beyond which there is no medium of motion.
Pure soul is effulgence divine in which the consciousness inheres although the science of today is trying to search conciousness in the protein molecule.
'There will be a question - Were the Tirthankaras omniscient? We can only imagine what a divine foresight they must have possesed who laid knowledge before us the mysteries of biggest & smallest measurement of the universe and atom. Electron, Proton, Newtron etc. and astronomical facts like black holes and other things. Received - 28.3.97
* N-14, Chetakpuri,
Gwalior -474009
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Arhat Vacana, April 99
| SR No. | 526542 |
| Book Title | Arhat Vachan 1999 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Anupam Jain |
| Publisher | Kundkund Gyanpith Indore |
| Publication Year | 1999 |
| Total Pages | 92 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Arhat Vachan, & India |
| File Size | 23 MB |