Jaina World of Non Living

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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The Jaina world of Non-living
The explanatory has given logic for the existence of all the realities individually and independently. 3. Characteristics of the Realities
There are two types of characteristics of realities - (i) based on similarities and (2) based on dis-similarities. All these realities are eternal and fixed in mumber and space points. However, the five realites are formless or non-mattergic, the first three of them are single, continuous, inert and neutral entities. In contrast, the reality of mattergy has form or sense-perceptibility with respect to the twenty sub-classes of four coexisting properties of touch, taste, smell, colour (and shape also ?) as explained in 5.23. Their order has also been justified on the basis of visibility. The substance and its properties are coexisting attributively but changing modally. The mattergy includes sense-perceptible objects like bodies, brain, karmas, atoms and variforms and sense-organs etc. It has two varieties in the form of (i) ultimate atoms and (ii) their aggregates. They are different from the Sānkhyan Prakrti. It is also active. It has maniness also. The reality of worldly living is also similar to mattergy in these three regards. However, it is permanent like active atoms, ego and Prakrti etc. Substantively, they may be inert, but modally they are active. However substantively, there are some similar and some dis-similar characteristics in these realities. 4. Spacepoints of Realities
The spacepoints of the realities are as below.
(1) Medium of motion (2) Medium of rest (3) Single living entity (4) space (5) Mattergy
innumerable spacepoints innumerable spacepoints innumerable spacepoints infinite space points Numerable, Innumerable and infinite spacepoints single space point Innumerable and infinite (aph. 5.40)
(6) Ultimate atom (7) Time
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