Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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by its connection or contamination with the matter (this body). The feelings of sorrow or pain or joy etc. are due to it.
Even in a tip of human hair there are countless Pudgalas-then what to say of a mountain or the whole world. The idea becomes so vast and staggering that it goes beyond the capacity of human conception ordinarily. In mathematical term it can be said that it is "infinity to the power of infinity" (0 ) which means that even if infinite number of Pudgalas are taken out infinite times, the remainder will not atall be affected and will remain, practically the same i.e. infinity; such as if a ton or even if thousands of tons of stone chips are taken out from the Himalayas, it does not make any difference relative to the vastness of the total weight and mass of the whole mountain. Further, even if the Himalayan range itself is taken out and away from the surface of the earth, practically saying, it will be thought so negligible and insignificant when considering the vast expanse, weight and mass of the whole earth that it can not make any difference and may not be taken