Jainism Eternal and Universal Path for Enlightenment

Author(s): Narendra Bhandari
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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may represent wave-particle duality. The 16th, permanent unya vargan may imply that all associations are permanently destroyed as in pure souls. Thus we see that 1 to 6 aggregates are related to matter, 7th to 13th to consciousness and 17th to 22nd to soul. The last (23rd), embodies everything in the universe.
Some of these interactions may also be interpreted as resulting in unya vargan, but the explanation given above of annihilation or dissociation appear more logical. One thing is clear from the above discussion that psychic aggreagtes can only be formed after matter has attained a finite critical size or mass.
Modern physics and chemistry deals with combination of matter with matter from smallest particles to large compounds. Combination of the minutest particles known i.e. quarks and gluons to protons, neutrons and electrons etc and then their combination to form atoms comes under the purview of nuclear physics. Atoms to molecules to compounds (and minerals) is the subject which comes within the purview of chemical combination through elecric bonding although lots of physical process are also involved. Large structures (planets, stars, galaxies etc) are governed by gravitation and within these structures other forces (e.g. magnetism) also play their role. It is a challenging task to reconcile the theories of modern physics and chemistry with the Jain theory of varga a 1, although we note that 7th to 22nd vargan is deal with certain aspects of consciousness and soul which is not a subject matter dealt with by science.