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Letter 17
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believe it to be so and to get submerged and immersed into the Swabhava of Atma is the activity of Veerya attribute. That is known as Purushartha.
Kriyawati Shakti or capacity to retain or move from one region to another is also a special attribute of Jeev. Kinetic and Static ( farray or feuforise) or motion and static are two modifications of this attribute. To stabilise in one place or to move from one place to another is the activity of Kriyavati Shakti of Jeev.
And when the Pudgal substance stabilises or moves then it is the activity of the Kriyavati Shakti of Pudgal substance.
But when the modification of this attribute takes place simultaneously in Jeev as well as in the body then the Jeev wrongly believes that the body is him or he is doing the movements of the body.
And once we have understood which are the modifications of Pudgal and which modifications are mine or of the Jeev then from the different characteristics it is easy to understand Jeev and Pudgal as seperate entities.
Thus the study of these special attributes will be of great help in achieving our goal of knowing one's own self.
The other four substances namely Dharma, Adharma, Akash and Kaal and their special attributes have already been discussed in our earlier letter namely 'Nature of Substance '. Soon I will send you the letter describing the Charitra attribute. With love.
Your Mom.
Every Dravya consists of Anant i.e. infinite attributes. Do you know the exact figure? In the cosmos Jeevas are Anant. Pudgal substances are Anant times more than Jeevas. Past, present and future Samayas of Kaal are infinite times more than Pudgal. Akash has Pradeshas which are infinite times more than total Samayas of Kaal and every Dravya consists of attributes which are infinite times more than Pradeshas of Akash. Even if you want to count them it is not possible in infinite Samayas and you will not be able to tell, 'oh, this is the last attribute'. So, you and me and every single Dravya consists of so many attributes.
