Anandrushi Abhinandan Granth

Author(s): Vijaymuni Shastri, Devendramuni
Publisher: Maharashtra Sthanakwasi Jain Sangh Puna

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Prof. M. S. Ranadive
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Liberated souls will be embodied no more ; they have accomplished absolute purity; they dwell in the state of perfection in Nirvānna at the top of the universe and have no more to do with worldly affairs. Mundane souls are the embodied souls of living beings in the world and still subject to the Cycle of Birth. Mundane souls are Sthāvara (immobile) and Trasa (mobile). Being caused by Asubha (inauspicious) and Subha (auspicious) Karman, they wander in the cycle of the four grades of existence, i. e. Nāraki (denizens of hell), Tiryanca (lower animals), Manuja (men) and Deva (gods). Ajiva--Non-soul is looking of sentiency and it comprises five substances : matter, principle of motion, principle of rest, space and time.? Pudgala--Matter is non-sencient concrete principle. It is either in the form of Paramāņu (primary atom) or Skandha (aggregates) These Skandhas are the lumps of Paramāņus. The aggregatory process is going on because of their inherent qualities of Snigdha (cohesiveness) and Ruksa (aridity). It possesses the four qualities as touch, taste, fregrance and colour. They are grasped by sense organs. Matter also possesses origination, destruction and permanence. Dharma - It is the principle of motion. It assists the movement of moving souls and matters as water helps the fish to move. 11 Adhamra-It is the principle of rest. It serves as the medium of rest as the shadow helps the travellers to rest, or like the earth to the falling bodies.
We see around us things moving, coming to rest, again moving and so on. There must be some media to help the moving and resting things. If there were no medium of motion, all things in the universe will be at a stand still. There will be universal cosmic paralysis. It there were no medium of rest, the things in the world will be scattered and flying about in the space and instead of cosmos, there will be only chaos. Hence, the existence of these substances is postulated. Ākāśa--Space gives accommodation to all the five substances. It is eternal, perva sīve and formless and it includes our world (Loka)
and beyond (Aloka). (v) Käla-Time is a substance characterised by Vartanã (continuity),
being an accessory cause of change. The moments of time are
individually separate like jewels in a heap of jewels.14
of these matter alone is corporal or concrete (Mürta) and the rest including soul, are incorporal or non-concrete (Amūrta), i. e. devoid of sense qualities and hence cannot be grasped by sense perception. Time is devoid of Pradeśa (space-points), while the remaining five substances have innumerable space-points, and therefore they are called Astikāyas (magnitudes).
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