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Anekanta : Philosophy of co-existence
According to Jain philosophy, substance has infinite energy, whether it is soul or matter. In the infinite flow of time only that substance can be in existence which has infinite energy. This energy is expressed through change. Today the world of science is basing all its experiments in the world of pụdgal. Matter can be reduced to that state where its gross attributes disappear, its mass disappears and what remains is in the form of energy. Jain philosophy has explained the world in terms of substantial (dravyarthik) and modal (paryayarthik) naya or perspectives. When we look at the world from the perspective of identity (abhed) we see only substance. Neem, house, man, animal are all different expressions of substance. When we look at the world from the perspective of differences (bedh) then all matter disappears and we see only modes and modes. Change and more change. What is man? He is not a substance. What is he? Even if you search the world you will not get any substance in the name of man. Man is a mode. Neem is not a substance, it is a mode. All the objects we see in this world are modes none of them are substances. Substance does not come before us. It remains imperceptible. Acharya Hemchandra expressed this truth in the following words:
Aparyayam vastu samasyaman Madravyametachcha vivichiyamanam
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