Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Mantra, Yantra And Sound: A Scientific Analysis
hand.30 For them, the past tense and the future tense do not exist at all. All is in the present tense. If omniscience is to be described in a single sentence in the modern scientific english terminology, one can say that "Omniscience is nothing but the hologramic effect or power of the soul regarding to time, space, matter and all souls". Only those who have the supreme knowledge i.e. omniscience, know the full significance of symbolic marks of these yantras. Of various kinds of yantras, it is the Śriyantra which is most discussed by common as well as learned people and experts in sciences of mantra and tantra.
Śriyantra is regarded as a very mysterious treasure of occult lore. Foreign scientists are doing their best to find out the mystery of this yantra and they are comparing the Śrīyantra with the principles of science and of spirituality. A point is shown in the centre of the Śrīyantra. It is called Mahābindu. According to the vedic tradition, it is regarded as a symbol of the origin of the universe and it is also called zero (Śūnya). It is also divided by the universal impulse i.e. The seed-energy of Śiva rises from deep sleep and becomes active.
When the point is divided, pairs (Visargamandala) are created. They are known as pairs Śiva-Sakti, fire-water or Puruşa-Prakṛti.
The original triangle represents the universe trio. It is the origin of all objects.
The division or bisection and development of the original triangle in the form of Śiva Fire-Puruşa and Sakti (energy)-water-Prakṛti.31
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The basic subtle elements of the mind māyā (illusion), Kalā (art), Vidyā (knowledge), rāga (attachment), kāla (time), niyati (destiny) - are created by combinations of Śiva and Sakti or fire and water or Puruşa and Prakṛti.
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