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school of philosophy. Many a wonderful discovery of science, which see the light of the day, are found described long before in the Jain doctrines e.g. the theory of velocity, force and shape of sound; belief in the cooperative principles like ether, heat, light, darkness, shadow etc., inter-penetration of matter; instincts and feelings of vegetable life, elements of hydrogen and oxygen in water, existence of microbes in a drop of water, theory of atoms and molecules, a detailed description of these and many such other subjects is found in the most ancient and age-old Jain scriptures. Till now the latest and the most minute belief has gone to the extent of concept of electrons and protons only, but the Karmic molecules as envisaged in the Jain philosophy which are considered to be beyond perception or knowledge through senses, will have to be called ultramicro molecules and this will not be an exaggeration at all as these are many many times more minute and subtle than electrons and protons and cannot be observed even by the most powerful microscopes. In the same way the concept of this philosophy regarding soul (Atmavada), fundamental principles (Tatvavada), conShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
