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Non-living Boiled and Dhovana Drinking Water
A few key-questions and queries were raised about different aspects of non-living drinking water by the practitioners. Their scientific analysis and explanations are furnished below for better understanding of specific properties and behaviour of Boiled water and Dhovana. The conclusions, derived in the light of the Theory of Water-Bodied Living-Beings are well in conformity with the prevalent practices. It also gives clear directions to a few modern day problems and practices. More details about this philosophy and the science behind it, are explained below through a series of relevant questions.
Q.1:- What are the methods, prescribed in Jaina Ågamas, to convert
living water into non-living water? Is there any scientific basis
for it? A1:- Two methods are mentioned in "Åchãrãng Sutra" to make
inanimate type of water 1) Operating one type of water on another type of water. That
means, by mixing one type of water with another type of water. For example, if water from a well is mixed with that from a pond, it becomes non-living. Because both contain different types of minerals, they break the structure of each other and make it non-living for a certain period. Quality of mixing will decide the effectiveness of
making them non-living. 2a) Operation with other beings (foreign bodies/weapons) e.g.
boiling the water on fire. Boiling makes water 100% nonliving. As per the theory of living-water, it exists in net like nano-tubular, structures, called “yonis”. During boiling, these bodies break at elevated temperatures. Hence water becomes non-living. Besides, the dissolved air is driven out on boiling. Thus the breathing of yoni gets stopped to render it dead. (It is
a dead body of fire bodied living-being) . 2b) In another method, foreign material is mixed and dissolved
into water either by rubbing and washing of kitchen utensils and grains, like kneading-pans, rice grains etc. or just by
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