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THE JAINA GAZETTE Universe. Therefore God must rest motionless at the end of the Universe.
5. As to Time, there is no functional relationship between God and Time, except that time brings about the continuity and eternal permanence of God.
6. As to Space, the all-embracing. all-comprehending Space is divided into the Universe (Loka) and the non-Universe (Aloka). The 6 Substances given above are found only in the Universe. God is also a Substance : i.e., the Soul in its purc st condition. And when thus absolutely pure, IT finds rest from the pilgrimage of the Universe at the top of the Universe. The Abode of the Liberated i.e. of GOD, is the summit of the Universe. This is the relation between God and the Universe.
Q. 2. Is there any belief of astral body in Jainism as the Theosophists believe ? If so, is it the same as the Taijasa body?
Ans. Jainism teaches 5 bodies in all.
1. Karmic body, the spiritual balance-sheet of all the good and bad deeds attached to the soul at any given moment. This is changing every moment, and is recording the slightest and the most hidden (even unconscious) tremour of act or omission in the embodied soul's body, speech and mind. This body is found in all souls in the World at all times.
2. Magnetic or Electric (Taijasa) body. This is coextensive with the karmic body and interpenetrates it at all points. This is also found in all souls in the World at all times.
3. Fluid or Changeable (Vaikriyaka) body. This is found in angels and devils or in the celestial beings and the denizens of hell. These have a (i) karmic and (ii) magnetic body and (iii) this Fluid body which corresponds to the physical body of men, animals and plants. The characteristic of the fluid body is that it is changeable at will.
Some human beings also owing to austerities and very highly developed powers, sometimes have this Fluid body. That is they have the power of changing their physical body into another form or into more than one body; but thereby the substance of the body dost not become fluid like the substance of
the bodies of the beings in heaven and hell. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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