Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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SYADWAD & THEORY OF RELATIVITY
21 colours are there in a wasp?" The reply, was—"From the practical point of view, the wasp is black, 1e, haying one colour but from the theoretical viewpoint, It contains black, white, blue and so on” Thus about the ash and the hair-broom, Lord Mahavr says that to say that it is dry and grey is 'empirical truth' but the 'absolute truth' is that it contains all the 5 colours, 2 smells, 5 tastes and 8 feels. The conclusion, therefore, is that the nature of things as comprehended by the sense-organs is quite different from its absolute nature We can only grasp the superficial by our senses but the omniscient knows the external as well as the absolute nature in their right contexts Prof Albert Einstein, the protagonist of the Theory of Relativity, also says, "We can only know the relative truth, the Absolute truth is known only to the Universal observer."
In Syadwad, the instances of molasses, wasp, ash, broom, etc , illustrate the relative and absolute truth Prof Einstein has also used such illustrations to explain relativty; eg, when we say that an event has happened today or just now, it may be that the event has happened before a million years As for example. 3"Two revolving galaxies (a and b) which are at a distance of thousands of light years, exploded and out of them two new stars were created The spectators sitting in each galaxy will feel that these events are immediate but there being a distance of thousands of light years, betwen the two, the spector in 'a' will call • 1 Vishva Ki Ruprekha Adhyaya p 62-63 (First Edition)