Jaina World of Non Living

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

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The Jaina world of Non-living
substance could not be used in the same cloth in all its parts, how could it be used in different realities?
Could it not be one like indigoness in the indigo ? A. This will also be equivalent to the unproven promise and, therefore, not logical. 8. The unitarian nature of realityness could not be proved even in the absence of illustration like the fire as it will lead to the loss of proposition. Q. The fire has hotness despite any illustration to prove this. Similarly, the existence of realityness in realities may also be proved despite absence of any illustration regarding existence of one in many entities. They are existing as such by nature. A. This logic does not seem sound, as it involves loss of proposition. It is said that there is no illustration in this case but the illustration of fire is being cited. Thus, the proposition is lost.
Moreover, if it is agreed that even in the absence of proper logic (or illustration), the realityness is assumed to be found in many realities, why it is not agreed that the reality is reality by itself. The inherent relationship between the two has already been repudiated. 9. Q. Let, then, this be the definition of the reality :
'A reality is that which serves as a retreat or asylum of attributes (Guna-Sandrāva). It means that it is an entity which receives or is received by the stream of attributes'.
This definition is faultless. A. This is not correct. If it is an absolutist definition, there may be a fault. It may be questioned whether the reality is different or nondifferent from attributes ? If it is non-different, there can be no separate designation of the two as there is absence of subject-object differentiation. Moreover, in case of absolute non-difference, there will either be only attributes or reality. If there are only attributes, they will be non-existing as they are concommittant with and substrate of the reality. In the absence of substratum, where will they reside ?
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