Glory Of Jainism

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- 20 - carnal ple asures to become immortals of strength and longevity because she is afraid that this world will turn out to be a permanent field of human monsters seeking world suremacy and ple asures of life. A study of the Jaina scriptures will prove how deep and accurate were the observations and the supreme knowledge of the Jaina teachers. Similarly in Jaina philosophy, we find a wonderful description of Natural Science. Therefore, Jaina philosophy can be rightly called not only as a Vigyan but as a Mahavigyan, because it presents a completely logical and rational explanation on natural events based on the theory of cause and effect and it analyses the rise and fall, the birth and death, the union and disunion, the pleasure and pain, the loss and gain of all living beings in a most convincing, methodical and logical way. In brief, the Jaina darshana is an extraordinary and a most wonderful philosophical system of the world; a system which is complete and true in all its aspects and concepts of thought helpful to the realisation of the ultimate Truth or Self-Realisation. I may now describe about light and darkness. The molecules of darkness are very powerful and instantly affect our knowledge or intelligenoe. The Jaina thinkers believed that after sun-set, the atoms of darkness would become all pervading and even on the points of a needle millions of these particles of darkness could occupy the space. Jaini se gives much importance to knowledge It is the primary quality of the soul and even the density of the sin is measured on the scale of knowledge. And that is why Jains avoid taking food after sun set, because those innumerous particles of darkness mix with the food stuff and create delusione in the crystal clear knowledge of the Soul. Therefore Jainism