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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life in the rest of the universe. This is also similar to the concept of Sunyavad in Buddhism, as discussed above. Sunya is complete in all aspects, whole in itself. Everything in the universe, be it an atom, earth, moon, stars or galaxy is spherical or circular, like zero or unya, complete in itself. But the value of unya is zero, i.e. nothing till it is placed in context with some number (say 1). Once placed in context of another number, not only it acquires a value of significance, the value of the other number enhances ten fold. The same is true of Self. It is complete but is nothing till it is placed in the context of the universe or life elsewhere. This, according to Nagarjuna as discussed above, is one of the interpretation of unyavd. One exists because of the others, otherwise one is nothing.
This søtra can also be considered as equivalent to the principle of entanglement, applicable to souls. These principles immediately lead to the principle of non violence,
Comparison of some concepts
Jainism
Science
• Karmavad
. Causality • Krambadhha paryay • Determinism Anekantvad
• Complementarity because if our life depends on others and all the seeds are entangled, every life Shingertainty be protected.
• "Parasparograh
Entanglement
Jivanam" Although the universe is an interplay between jiva and ajiva, it is the jiva (self) which controls and directs the behavior of ajiva. The presence of jiva (tm) in the material (inanimate) body controls the body functions with the definite purpose of its sustenance. It has been proposed that the same is true of the whole earth and indeed the universe. Imagine the whole world as a large organism with living species and non living (matter). The geologic evolution of the earth (such as, for example, the change from reducing environment containing ammonia, methane, carbon di oxide etc in the