ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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SCHOOL
TIONAL
OF
SELF STUDY IS THE SUPREME AUSTERITY
1. Jīva
JAIN
# Name
2. Pudgala
3. Dharma
4. Adharma
5. Ākāśa
6. Kāla
Nature
Knowledge,
bliss
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Fusion &
fission
Supports
motion
Supports
rest
Provides
space
Supports
change
Number
infinite
infinite
one
one
one
innumerable
Space
points
innumerable
Concrete Sentient Active Astikaya
do
༄། ༅།་། ༄། ༄། ༄། ༄ ༄་། ༅ ་། ༅ ་ ༔
No Y
རུ་ རུ་ རུ་ རུ་ རྩ་ ཚུ
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Yes
2 2 2 2 2
No No
Yes
Yes
Yes
༅། ༄་། ༅། ༄
It is important to note that as per Jain philosophy, the total number of substances in this cosmos do not change i.e. no new substance is created and no existing substance gets destroyed; they just change form. Hence all substances are eternal i.e. they were existent in the past, exist now and will continue to exist forever. Also it is true that they keep on transforming continuously. No substance stays in the same state even for a minute faction of a second i.e. transformation is the nature of all substances.
It is also to be noted that transformation of any particular substance is within certain limits. No substance will ever leave its nature i.e. sentient can never become insentient and vice versa. Thus Jīva can never become matter and matter can never become jīva. Similarly we can surmise for other substance types also. Similarly each substance is the material cause of its own transformation; no other substance can be so. Other substances can have a relationship like cause and effect only i.e. other substances can be the efficient cause of transformation in the main substance.20