Book Title: Applied Philosophy of Anekanta
Author(s): Shashiprajna Samni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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________________ infinite number of neither-heavy-nor-light-modes; and thus it has no end, i.e., it is infinite. Thus, O Skandaka, with respect to substance, the world has an end; with respect to space, it has an end; with respect to time, the world has no end; with respect to mode, it has no end. Afterwards, the same questions were raised with regard to the soul (jīva) and Mahāvīra proceeded to solve them as follows: Skandaka, the following queries came to your mind – Is the soul with end? Is the soul without end? The reply to this query is - Skandaka, that the soul has been propounded by me in four ways, viz., with respect to substance, space, time and modes. With respect to substance, the soul is unitary entity and it has an end. With respect to space, the soul is possessed of innumerable soul-units and the soul occupies. innumerable space-units. Thus, it has an end. With respect to time, it was never non-existent in the past, it is never non-existent in the present, and never nonexistent in the future, it was, it is and it will be,it is eternal, fixed, perennial, indestructible, imperishable, ever present and persistent, and thus it has no end, i.e., it is infinite... With respect to mode, the soul has an infinite number of modes of knowledge, an infinite number of modes of conduct, an infinite number of modes of heaviness and lightness, an infinite number of modes of neither-heavy-nor-light, and thus it has no end, i.e., it is infinite. Thus, 0 Skandaka, with respect to substance, the soul is finite; with respect to space, the soul is finite; with respect to time, the soul is infinite; and with respect to mode, the soul is infinite. "Bhagavaī, op.cit., 2.1.46, p. 349. : 11

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