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permutation and combination of the atomsand molecules. But what again is this difference due to ? Fortuitous, surely minant caus
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it is not. The difference we have stated is due to the differences in karma. And we emphasize upon the same point by noting further that the difference is rather due to the peculiar nature and character (Prakriti) of the forces (Karma) under the influence of which the atoms vibrate in a certain form and combine into the making of a particular body. Vibrations of atoms differ in period and amplitude, and the changes of their mutual relations in combinations taking place, differ according to the respective parts already played by them.
Then again, apart from these varying phenomena of permutations and combinations of atoms into the formation of newer bodies as explained in our philosophy, the character of the body changes as well from compression and variation of temperature i,e., from the local and other surrounding causes and conditions called the nimittas. For instance, the capacity for
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