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The Jaina world of Non-living
2. The activity leads to motion in other substances. The term inactive means devoid of translational activity.
3. Q. If these realities are inactive, how there could be their origination ? If there is no origination, decay can also not be there. Thus, the threefold characteristic of a reality does not hold good here.
A.
This is not correct. The characteristics could be demonstrated otherwise also rather than by activity. In fact, origination can occur in two ways: (i) internally and (ii) externally. The origination and destruction by internal causes Occur due to inherent six-fold imperceptible but rhythmic or wavelike rise and fall of the infinite attributes of individuality (a-guru-laghu) accepted in each reality on the authority of the scriptures.
The external causes also produce origination and decay. For example, the medium of rest and motion etc. cause rest and motion and accommodation in horses and cows etc. Their activities are varying each instant suggesting the instantal difference in their causes (i.e. realities). Thus, this is practically accepted as their externally caused origination and destruction.
4. Q. If these realities are inactive, they could not become the cause of motion, rest and accommodation. It is observed that the only active or moving materials (like moving water for fish etc.) are causes of
movement.
A. This is not correct. The realities are only neutral causes for movements etc. It is just like sense of sight which is only the neutral cause for seeing things as one does not see things when the soul goes out of the body at death due to destruction of life-span karma. Thus, it is evident that it is the capacity of the soul to see objects. The senses are only neutral causes. Similarly, the reality of medium motion etc. are also inert causes.
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This is so because these are the realities with specific characteristics. The space is accommodating other realities despite its non-moving nature. Similarly, other realities also perform their functions inertly despite their non-active nature.
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