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is destroyed some new one is produced but the substance remains the same eg gold is in the form of a bar, if a necklace or a bangle is made, the form of the bar is destroyed and another form is created but the substance remains the same. This brings us to the Jain theory of the origin of the universe. The universe taken as a whole has no beginning nor will it ever pass into a naught. Hence it is eternal, there is creation and destruction every moment The Jain philosophy classifies this well planned system of the universe under two heads Jiva and Ajiya— sentient and insentient The sentient being taroished by its contact with the insentient 10 its positive form Karma When this unnecessary contact is removed, the conscious will shine forth and that will be a state of final emancipation. As for social rules Jainism does not support cast system It is Lord Mahavira the Jain gymnosophist preached to the people at large that man is the noblest creature in the universe, and therefore he who looks down upon his kinsman and takes pride in his superonty of caste and family will have to pass through lower existance. la his view lower cast is the outcome of pride and vanity. Jainism stands for the universal brotherhood always aiming to elevate a soul and never to lower it. Real humanity does not consist in the possession or the accumulation of riches, wealth or ordinary worldly powers but in wisdom and knowledge.
Nodoubt the doctrine of Lord Mahayıra was a revolutionary one, the most important advance 10 philosophy. In
