Atma the Self

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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.... ATMĂ m
The Self.
submarine could travel round the earth without the necessity of fuel. Atom bomb destroyed the city of Hiroshima (Japan) with its citizens. Now a hydrogen bomb can destroy a whole nation. Such is the tremendous power modern science has given to an Atom and its electrons. Jainism from infinite past attributed much more tremendous power to Atom, the indivisible particle - 'The Parmānu' - Karmic ultimate particle which is infinitely subtler than Proton, Neutron, and even particles of smashed Quark.
Infinite bodies of karmic particles control our breathing, our life and death, the chemical composition of our brain, rational and emotional capacity. Every space point * of the Soul is inter-penetrated by bodies of Karmic particles, obscuring basic attributes of Soul from beginningless time- a life in bondage. Jainism has found subtlest particles and molecular combinations and undreamt power, not only that but it has given us the most perfect plan to crush away its domination over the Soul. The aim of Jainism is to free the Soul from the slavery of Karmic bodies, ignorance, passions, desires, unhappiness and miseries.
Syādvāda:
In the doctrine of Jaina philosophy that the ultimate principle is always logical and there can be no principle devoid of logic', one finds deliberative exhortations on any subjects in all their facts, may they be constructive or obstructive, enlightening or destructive, consumptive or nutritive. The main
* NOTE: Pradėsa : Space points of Jiva. Dharmastikāya, Adharmāstikāya and Lokākāsrā (i.e. Soul, ethermotion media, rest media and space in the universe), all have the same number of countless space-points.
The invisible body of a Nigoda contains 8th Anantānanta (Infinite-power to infinite) Souls. These countless bodies which occupy a pin-point space and, the immense bodies of pre-historic animals, etc. have the same space-points which will compress or expand according to the size of the bodies.
The Vargana - molecular combination of matter of infinite forms, shapes and energies formed by infinite indivisible particles into classes and divisions, such countless varganas interpenetrate each and every space-point of the soul (this includes Nigoda also).
This will give a very faint idea of the immensity and finesse of the Jaina Philosophy, its precise scientific detailed knowledge and the tremendous power of particles and also the size of the matter.
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