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never be affected by them. Because one weakness leads to another. When a delivered soul can never be affected by any sensation it is impossible that it can ever again be in bondage. Those who believe in return from deliverance have no faith in the highest importance of deliverance. Therefore the Lord never accepted the doctrine of return from deliverance. (2) Pudgal element (primordial matter)
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It is Pudgal' that has shape, taste, beauty, smell, and feeling. The word pudgal is sometimes used as synonymous to soul but Jain Scriptures have mainly attached the former meaning to it. Sound, darkness, light, sunshine are all some kind of pudgal. Pudgal' is the chief cause of bringing variety in sonl. More about this will be explained later
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(3, 4) Dharma and Adharma element
We take a stone and throw it away. It goes with some speed and then stops. But what is the cause of its first speed and the rest to which it comes ? It is the Dharma and Adharma element. The Dharma is a help in the movement of life and pudgal as the rails are a help in the train going speedily. The work of the Adharma element is to help in the rest of life and pudgal. These elements passively help the movement or rest. They are a help not the prime movers.
(5) The sky. (The ethereal space. )
अवकाशदभाकाशम् " That is, it is that which gives scope to soul and pudgal elements. This is called Akasha the sky. This is divided into two kinds according to the qualities of this element:--(i) Lokakasha ? (ii) Alokakasha. That part of it where exists soul or other elements is called Lokakasha
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