Jain Journal 1969 10

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 26

OCTOBER, 1969
What is vyañjana ? That what reveals an object even as a lamp reveals a jar. Vyañjana paryāya of the omniscient soul reveals all the objects and substances both material and immaterial. Vyañjana paryāya of matter substance reveals only the material objects by providing matter with colour taste smell and touches to the mundane souls who depend on waves of material origin and the sense organs for possession of empirical knowledge and perception. Hence the name vyañjana paryāya is appropriate.
These two stationary wave motions form the natural link between the knower and the objects. The first wave motion reveals the existence of the objects and substances with all their attributes and states. The second stationary wave motions' energy waves move to and fro and carry all the information the objects and substances reveal and serve the knower with them and the knower knows and perceives by his own nature.
The second stationary wave motion, because it is of two different kinds, one kind existing only in souls and other kind in matter, makes all the differences among the six substances. The souls alone are conscious but devoid of colour, taste, smell and touches and the resultant qualities of obstruction, etc., and remain invisible to sense perception. Matter alone possesses colour taste, smell and touches and the resultant qualities such as obstruction, etc., and remains visible to sense perception but is unconscious. The other four substances, viz., space, medium of motion, medium of rest and time particles are devoid of both kinds of this wave motion, remain unconscious, invisible to sense perception and are without colour, taste, smell and touches and their resultant qualities of obstruction, etc. These facts convince us that substance does not mean only that which could be perceived by us as we commonly understand.
All these prove that the soul exists, it is a substance of immaterial nature possessed of consciousness. In its pure state it is possessed of self-knowledge and the knowledge of the entire universe. No physical experiments could reveal its existence.
If the soul diverts its attention from the external objects and turns it inwards it will know its own self. As all objects are reflected on the soul it will possess knowledge of the external world too.