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Fact of the Matter
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Jainas. It gives us a conprehensive idea of the whole mechanism of the functioning of universe and helps us in further understanding the life and its riddles.
Here, it would not be out of place if we revert back to some of the queries, posed in the beginning of the first chapter. “Whence has it all proceeded and whether is it tending ?" "Is it all without purpose, without aim and without a scheme? Or, is all this created, guided and controlled by some super power, beyond human comprehension ?" These are the consequential questions, which may be replied, on the basis of discussion contained in the foregoing chapters, in the following manner :
(1) This Universe, is uncreated, is existant from eternity and will exist till eternity, having no beginning, no end.
(2) It is controlled and guided by its own force and not by any outside super power. Its motivating force is generated by one of its own principal elements, namely, spirit or soul.
(3) It is tending nowhere, but it supplies proper medium for its elements to function.
(4) The real purpose', of all the strains and struggles and all the phenomenal happenings in the universe is to enable different Jivas ( souls ) to achieve final liberation through their own endeavour and obtain Godhood ( State of Siddha ).
(5) There is a recognizable and systematized scheme under which this universe is functioning, the main key being the theory of Karma and transmigration. It is not a super imposed scheme of any outside force. We may now proceed to consider how the main purpose', that is, emancipation referred to in item no. 4 above, is fulfilled and what is the modus operandi thereof.
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