Jain Gazette 1920 06

SR No.: 542650
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagnanderlal Jaini, Ajit Prasada, C S Mallinath Jain
Publisher: Jaina Gazette Office
Publication Year: 1920
Total Pages: 36
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Gazette, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE.
that every substance including the soul is Nithya vr indestructible, and Anithya or destructible, at one and the same time. It is indestructible so far as its substance is concerned and destructible so far as its form and situation are concerned. Though they are adverse to each other, yet they exist in each substance. In order to explain these adverse attributes in a #abstance, Jainism has got the doctrine of syadvada, i. e., saying from some point of view. The soul is immaterial, without colour, smell, taste and touch, though it occupies the body it possesses. The soul is in reality all knowing, quite peaceful and happy, and impurities are not of its essential nature. Each soul is separate in each body. According to the creed of Jainism, there are an infinity of souls.
I am soul but practically I find it is not always pure. We have impure thoughts and feelings of anger, pride, greed, conceit, etc. These impurities must therefore be due to some foreign matter. It is a fine matter called 'karmic' matter. Every wordly soul has this fine body which is formed every moment by attraction of 'karmico matter owing to our impure thoughts and feelings. The old 'karmic' matter is leaving the soul every moment after giving its effects, just as the outer body every moment takes air, water, food and enjoys the effects of past food, etc,, in the course of its physical activities. Thus we come to the conclusion that in reality I am pure soul, but from a practical point of view and by our contact with the impurities of “karmic' matter, I am impure soul.
· (2) Around us are many souls like ours with fine and gross bodies. There is also other matter which has colour, smell, taste, and touch in fine and gross forms. There are also other four great substances or entities, i. e., Space giving space or location to all, Time, which is the cause of all change in substances, cause of Motion and Rest which are two immaterial substances, which ares. the auxiliary cause for motion and rest respectively of both soul and matter. In Jain books, they are called Dharmasti Kaya and Adharmasti Kaya. So these six substances, soul, matter, space, time, cause of motion and rest are real, indestructible and eternal, and therefore the universe which is composed of them is also eternal.
(3) Duty to self. My duty to self must thus be to rid the soul of its impure associations with a view to realise its essential