Jaina Tarka Bhasha

Author(s): Dayanand Bhargava
Publisher: Motilal Barasidas Pvt Ltd

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The Organ of knowledge
314 *7. That (contact-awareness) is of four kinds in accordance with the difference of senses except sight and mind, which being of non-contactory nature cannot have any contact-awareness;or otherwise, if they were the subject of favour and injury of the object known, there should have been wetness and burning at the sight and thought of water and fire. If it is argued that favour and injury of the eye are found at the sight of the sun and the moon etc., it is not correct, because it is not found at the time of their first sight; and because when seen constantly the injury by the ray of the sun, which comes into contact can be accounted for, as also the sense of favour because of lack of injury at the sight of the moon etc. which are possessed of natural qualities of gentleness etc.
At the thought of the dead or lost things, and the thought of the union of the loved ones and procurement of riches, the injury and favour, indicated by weakness and emaciation of chest etc. and by the beaming face and horripilation etc., do not belong to the mind; but to the self through the help of mind-qua-substance in the form of multitude of desirable or undesirable material atoms transformed into mental form; just like through the checking of wind in the heart and medicine; the contactory nature of mind is not proved by them. If it is said that if the mind does not contact its object by approaching it, how does the feeling that 'my mind has gone to Meru mountain etc.' come to a sleeping man; it is not true; because the dream of going of mind to Meru mountain etc. is false like that of the body, or otherwise there would be (undesirable) situation of the occurrence of favour and injury caused by the fragrance of flower etc. and the fatigue caused by travel etc.
If it is said that favour and injury by the sight of the bathing of Jina, experienced in dream and by non-attainment of the desired object ( respectively ) are seen with reference to the awakened person also, we answer that they may be seen because of the science of dream, but the result of the action, viz, satisfaction etc., is not there by the science of dream as to prove the contactory nature of mind in the form of contacting the object.