Pictorial Philosophical Balpothi

Author(s): Bhuvanbhanusuri
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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NON-LIVING BEINGS AND SIX SUBSTANCES
A thing that does not have any knowledge, vitality and is not able to perform any task on its own is called a non-living being or an inanimate. e.g. a pillar, wood etc. There are five such non-living beings in this world. (1) pudgal (material) (2) space (3) time (4) dharmastikay (Medium of motion) (5) adharmastikay (Medium of rest) Substances.
(1) Pudgal means a matter, which has its own colour, taste and touch. It can be seen, touched, smelled and tasted. pudgal can get composed and decomposed, increased and decreased. It can get rotten, dissolved and destroyed. e.g. wood, dust, building, stone, weapons, dead body etc. Sound (word), darkness, shadow etc. also are pudgals. A mind and karma are also one kind of pudgal.
(2) Thing that gives place for other things to reside is called space. The space-inclusive of other substances is called lokakash and the space outside is called alokakash. As shown in picture 3, imagine a posture of a man standing with his two hands put on his waist. The space within this imaginary posture is called lokakash and the space outside is called alokakash.
(3) Moment, minute, hour, day and night, month, year etc. are called time. It is shown by the picture of sun, which is the main indicator of time.
(4) Though a soul and pudgal keep on coming and going, why are they not seen anywhere in the space? Why do they not get scattered? Why do they remain in order in certain part of whole sky? It happens so because the thing needed to move them is present in that certain part. This substance is known as dharmastikay. It helps a living being and pudgal in moving just as water is helpful to a fish in moving.
(5) The thing needed to help a soul and pudgal for stability is called adharmastikay, just as a stick helps a weak, old man to get stable.
These are five non-Living being matters among which pudgal can be seen as it is embodied. Rest of the four matters can't be seen, as they are formless. If jiv (living being) substance is added to them, the total of these substances reaches to 6.
Electricity, steam power, atomic power, aeroplane, radio, t.v., phone, internet, satellites, various kinds of machines and powers are pudgal substances and pudgal powers.
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