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is divided. It is, infact one but observer perceives it in two forms. Siddhasena Gani supporting the scriptural view in his commentary on Tattvārtha Sūtra says, "ontologically substance and mode are inseparable. The distinction of the two is only a mental projection. 2.14.1 Change as Indivisible Nature of Reality
Nature is a good example of the tripadi. We live in nature and enjoy natural scenes and utilize the existing objects of the nature. Nature is constituted of living and non-living, non-corporeal and corporeal, fine and gross are characterized by the three aspects of Reality, viz. origination, cessation and permanence. So Reality is the substratum of all these three potent factors. The river upholds the nature of Reality. Every moment fresh water is entering in it and earlier water is converted into the clouds, still we call the same river Gangā, Brahmaputra etc. Moreover each and every wave seldom originates and is destroyed, still sustenance of waves is seen clearly. Let me give the example of plants and trees. The tree originates from seeds and by their very nature produces fruits and flowers and the tree extincts as per its own life span duration, still the nature of giving fruits and flowers of trees never ceases.
Suppose if we deny change in the nature of reality, which has remained a debatable issue for the scholars of past and present age too. In our day-to-day life, we observe that change is the part and parcel of every object. Denial of change means denial of infinite possibilities. Denial of origination and cessation can give raise to many questions, which can't be
Ibid. op.cit., verse-5.31; Sarvārthasiddhi. op.cit., p. 394. ? Pravachana Sāra of Kundakunda. op.cit., 2.10.
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