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Prof. Madhao S. Ranadive
The modern metaphysics has proved – "Nothing new is created, nothing is destroyed, only modifications appear. Nothing comes out of nothing, nothing altogether goes out of existence; but only substances are modified.
Unlike Buddhist view of a substance, Jaina view is real. As Jainism is a dynamic realism, its doctrine is similar to the views held by the philosophers in the West, especially those belonging to the Realistic School. The Jaina conception of Dravya, Guna and Paryaya is approximately similar to Spinoza's view of substance, attributes and modes. Hegel had a conception of reality similar to the Jaina conception of Dravya. Sattā and Dravya are one and the same as Hegel maintained. Thing in itself and experience are not absolutely distinct. Dravyas refer to facts of experience and Satta refers to existence or reality. The French philosopher Bergson also recognised substance as a permanent thing existing through change. References 1. "Savvaṁ imam aniccas."
(Ed.) A. N. Upadhye 'Kuvalyamāla kahā (Udyotanasūri), Singhi Jaina Shastra Sikshapitha, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay-7, 1959, Para 352.
2. "Jaṁ kinci vi uppannam tassa viņāsa navei niyamena."
(Ed.) Dr. A. N. Upadhye, Kārttikeyānupreksā (Svami Kumar ), Verse 4, Parama Shruta Prabhavaka Mandal, Srimad Rajcandra Ashrama, Agasa, Ilnd edn., 1978.
3. Imam sariram aniccam asuis asuisambhavam. Asāsayavāsaminas Dukkha-kesāņa bhāyaṇam.
(Ed.) Sadhvi Candanā, Uttarādhyayana-sūtra, Virayatana Publication, Agra. 2, 1972, 19/12
4. Taņu layannu vannu khaội khijjai. Kālalu mayarandu va pijjai.
(Ed.) Dr. P. L. Vaidya, Mahāpurāņa (Puspadanta), Bharatiya Jnanapitha Publication ( Murtidevi, S. No. 15), New Delhi, 1979, VII-19.
5. Viyalai jovvanu nam karayalajalu. Ibid. 6. Jā sāsāda ņa lacchi cakkdharāņam pi punnavantānam.
Sā kim bandhadi raidim iyarajanānas Apunnānam. Kattha vi na ramadi lacchi kulina dhire vi pandiyesūre.
Kārttikeyānupreksā (Agasa), Verse - 10, 11.
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