Book Title: Kundakunda Acharya and Jain Philosophy
Author(s): Jayantilal Jain
Publisher: Research Foundation for Jainology Chennai

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________________ 25. Self-pervasiveness (Swadharma oyapak) : Notwithstanding many incarnations, the soul has never permeated to bodies or body characteristics; it permeates its own properties and forms. 26. Ordinary-extraordinary-ordinary extraordinariness (Sadharan-Asadharan. Sadharan asadharan) : While there are certain properties of soul which are common to other substances, there are also certain unique properties of soul. Again, there are certain properties which are common to some substances and uncommon to other substances. 27. Infinite Nature (Anantdharma) : There are infinite properties of the soul. They have different characteristics but nevertheless constitute only one indivisible whole. The pure soul is adorned by such type of nature. 28. Hostile Nature Viruddadharma): Not only that the soul has infinite nature, it has qualities which are hostile in nature. This makes our understanding of impure enigmatic. 29. Reality (Tatya) : The soul assumes its real nature of its own. This is its fundamental nature. 30. Unreal (Atatva) : The soul does not assume any property or form which is unreal, i.e., does not belong to it or not exist in its nature. 31. Oneness (Ekatva) : The soul has many forms and properties but oneness permeates in all its forms and properties. 32. Non-exclusiveness (Anekatava) : All the forms of soul's existenco are permeated by the same one soul. While the substance is one, many forms are caused by own self. It does not permeate only one exclusive form or state. 33. Existence of current form (Bhava) : In the pure self, there always exists a current form which will also be pure. It is not to be caused by any external substance. 34. Non-existent forms (Abhava): In the current form of the pure self, past forms are absent and so also the forms or properties of other substances.. 35. Absence of current form (Bhava-Abhava) : Whatever be the current form of the self, it disappears or becomes extinct by rule in the next form or moment. 36. Presence of absent form (Abhav-bhava): The next moment whatever form is absent, makes itself present; that is, the future form which is absent currently, will take place the next moment without fail. 47

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