Jainism

Author(s): Vallabh Smarak Nidhi
Publisher: Vallabh Smarak Nidhi

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an impure condition but with the potentiality of purifying themselves. Once they become pure or liberated, no power on earth can stain them. Souls are different from the body and are infinite in number. The soul is "possessed of knowledge and perception, is immaterial in its pure form, is the doer of all actions, is of the size of the body it occupies at the time is the enjoyer of the fruits of its actions."2
"It is tasteless, colourless, unmanifest and has intelligence as its quality. It is soundless without any distinguishing mark and without defined configuration."s
2. Matter or (" Pudgala. Matter is regarded as liable to integration and disintegration Material Substances can combine to form larger and larger wholes and can also break up into smaller and smaller parts, ending in anu of atoms. Matter possesses touch, taste, smell and colour1 It is divided into atoms and molecules (Skandha ). Two or more atoms may combine to form bigger molecules. All substances
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2 Dravya Sangraha, 2.
3 Pravachanasara, 2. 80
4 Tattvarthadhigama Sutra, 5. 23.
5 Ibid, 5. 25.