Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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Jainistic And Scientific Analysis Of Extrasensory perception
Of course, this is an inference based on the extrasensory perceptions of Sri Dutt and it is in keeping with the contention of Jain phil it is probably nearest to truth. All cannot have such experiences because this is a gift of nature. We should not, therefore, underestimate it.
Śri Dutt proposes to study the body from two view- points : 1. the subtle body and 2. the Kāraṇa body. This will make it easy to understand the facts of colours.
According to the Jain scriptures, the body is of five types: 1. The Audārika body, 2. The Vaikriya body, 3. The Āhāraka body, 4. The Taijas body and 5. The Kārmana body. All these five types of body have been mentioned earlier in the description of the forms of Vargaņās i.e. groupings of paramāņu-units. Since they have a special relevance here, they are mentioned here again. Every living being has at least three bodies. In certain circumstances, some highly developed men have four bodies but never has a living being five bodies at the same time. Generally, the living beings of physical world, namely, earth, water, fire, wind, plants etc. who have only one sense of touch and very small insects i.e. micro organisms and other creatures which are classified by the Jain biology into the two-sensed, three-sensed and foursensed living beings, aquatic living beings such as fishes etc. beasts such as the cow, the horse, the elephant etc., the snake, the squirrel etc. and birds such as the sparrow, the crow, the parrot, etc. which are called five-sensed have only three bodies each : The Audārika body, the taijas body and the Kārmaņa body. To their vaikriya body, they can give any form or shape, small or big. In the sense of modern science and scientists, it is called the desire body. Of all the living beings in the whole universe, only man can make a vaikriya body i.e. desire body, if he performs certain special type of penance or if he attains a certain special type of knowledge, he can make an Ahāraka body besides the Audārika body of bones, flesh and skin, that is visible to naked eyes. But never can he simultaneously makes both the types of body - the vaikriya body and the Ahāraka body."
of the five types of body, the types of body intended to be described here are the taijas body and the Kārmana body. All living beings in the whole universe certainly have these two types of body. Of course, the living being who have emancipated from the bondage of all karmic particles has attained salvation and has got liberation from the eight types of karma, has none of the