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36. PRECEPTS ON UNIVERSE
(651) Verily, the world is uncreated; it has neither beginning nor end, it exists by its own nature; it is pervaded by the Jivas and Ajīvas; it exists in a part of the space and is eternal.
(652) An acom is unextended. Due to its being unextended, it is devoid of sound, and it is either smooth or rough i. e. with positive or negative charges. When the atoms are conjoined, they become subject to experience.
(653) The nolecules constituted by two or more atoms (and having two or more space-points) one either subtle or gross, one possessed of specific configuration, and in accordance with the transformation undergone by them, they assume the form of earth, water, fire or air.
(654) The universe is fully occupied by these subtle as well as gross molecules. Some of them are capable of being transformed into the karmic particles while others are not.
(655) The molecules are capable of being transformed into Karma as a result of the thought activity of the Jīva, yet this transformation is not caused by Jīva itself.
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