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(623) The state of emancipation is free from all obstacles and sense-organs, unique, devoid of merit and demerit, devoid of rebirth, eternal, immobile and independent.
35. PRECEPTS ON THE SUBSTANCE
(624) The supreme visioned Jinas have described the universe to be constituted of six substances viz. Dharma (medium of motion), Adharma (medium of rest), Ākāśa (space), kāla (time), Pudgala (matter) and Jiva (soul).
(625) The substances, Ākāša, kála, Pudgal, Dharma and Adharma, do not possess the attributes of the Jiva (i. e. devoid of life) and they therefore have been called Ajīvas (non-living). The attribute of Jiva is consciousness.
(626) Ākāśa, Kāla, Jiva, Dharma and Adharma are incorporeal, where as Pudgala (matter) is corporeal. Of these, only the soul substance is conscious.
(627) The Jiva (soul), the pudgala (matter)-these two substances are active, while the rest are inactive. The external cause of the activity of soul is Karmic matter and of the activity of matter is the substance kāla (time).
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