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I AM MAHĀVĪRA
Things happen fortuitously without any cause or condition. He did not believe in the law of causation.
7. Pakuddha Kaccāyana
No biographical sketch is available for him. However, he believed in seven permanent elements- earth, water, fire, air, joy, sorrow and life (livingness). Nobody could destroy them by any
means. Even if a man cleaves another's head with sword, he does
not take life as the sword passes through the seven elements. 8. Tishya Gupta: Theory of Jiva as the Terminal Point:
Tisya Gupta was the disciple of Ācārya Basu. He was studying the pre-canon on the Discourses on the Soul. (Atmapravāda). It was stated there that the soul (Jiva) consists of innumerable points. However, it cannot be called as Jīva even when there is one point less than the total. He concluded, "It is the last point of the total which makes the Jiva as Jiva. The last point is the only real."
He propounded this 'Last point theory' when I was running sixteenth year of my enlightenment (i.e. at the age of 58 years). My votaries tried to rectify his opinion. He came to me and again
became a member of my group.
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