Jain Journal 1973 07

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

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JULY, 1973
Let us confine our enquiry to Jiva-Svabhāva Dravya and Guna Vyañjana Paryāyas, the cause of existence of the four infinites in the embodied and disembodied emancipated souls (Jinas and Siddhas).
With the help of modern wave theory an attempt is made here to explain the omniscients power pervasion hinted by the Acaryas.
The following are from the book 'Waves and the Ear':
"Experience tells us that vibrating objects produce sound. Sound of course is a sort of flow of power, a transfer of energy from place to place. Sound is carried by the air about us, yet sound is not a flow of air from place to place. Air can support many independent sound waves simultaneously. Sound and echo pass freely through one another, neither interfering with the other. Beams of two flash lights cross without scattering."
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Jiva-Svabhāva-Dravya Vyañjanā Paryaya wave cycles repeat every moment (Samaya). 28 There are countless Samayas in a micro-second. As such its wave cycles are countless per micro-second. These wave cycles of Jiva-Svabhāva-Dravya Vyañjanā Paryāya set up in the parts of the omniscient imperceptible but very powerful vibrations of disturbances of countless frequencies per micro-second.
The omniscient is totally free from all obstructive (Ghāti) Karman. Hence he has infinite energy. Therefore the vibrations are extremely powerful.
These countless frequency powerful vibrations of the omniscient are simultaneously reciprocated by the pervasive and homogeneous immaterial mediums Ākāśa (space), Dharma (medium of motion) and Adharma (gravitational field). This is one of the several types of modifications, due to external or auxiliary causes (Paranimitta Paryāya), these substances undergo.2 29
This reciprocation by them is inevitable because these mediums not only inter-penetrate one another, but also every soul, every Kālāņu and every elementary particle of matter. Each one of these pervading
28 Ek paryay ek ksan athva ek samay tak rahati hai, Ibid., p. 153.
29 Asvadi gatisthityavagahanahetutavatksaneksane utpado vinasasca vyavahiyate, Sarvartha Siddhi, 5. 7.
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