Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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produced. They are very capable of defile our minds and, therefore, scripturists have forbidden it.
About honey, butter, wine and meat, lives of ten śrāvakas entitled 'Ananda sundara' composed in the Vikram era 1549 states: मज्जे महुम्मि मंसम्मि नवनीयम्मि चउत्थए । उप्पिजंति अणंता तवण्णा तत्थ जंतुणो ।।९०३ ।। अमासु य पक्कासु य, विपच्चमाणासु मंसपेसीसु । सययं नियमुववाओ, भणियो य निगोय जीवाणं ९०४11
majjē mahummi mamsammi navaniyammi cautthaē. uppijanti anantā tavvannā tattha jantuno ..903.. amā su ya pakkāsu ya, Vipaccamāņāsu maņsapēsisu . sayayam niyamuvavai, bhamiyo ya nigāya jivanam ..904..।
Infinite micro-organisms of the same colour are produced in wine, honey, meat and butter. In the tissues of meat that is uncooked, cooked or being cooked, infinite very small micro-organisms are continuously produced.
Here a brief description of Vigais and Mahāvigais is given from scientific view-point on the basis of Jain scriptures. It is hoped that after reading and understanding this, śrāvakas will raise in the society the grand image of a real srāvaka.
References:
1. जैनधम का दार्शनिक पक्ष युक्तियुक्त है । उसके आगे पीछे कोई प्रश्न चिह्न नहीं है किन्तु जहां तक भूगोल-खगोल का प्रश्न है, विभिन्न युगो में तरह तरह के दबाव उन पर आए हैं, अतः उन्हें लेकर कुछ शंकाएँ सामने आती हैं तो उसमें आश्चर्यजनक कुछ भी नहीं है ।
-- Dr Nemichand Jain, 'Tirthaikara' May 1987, p. 5 2,3,4,5,7,11,12,14,19,20,21,23,26
pravacanasārāddhāra--pratyākhyāna dvāra, verses 217 to 235 and its sanskrit commentary.
6,8,13,15,16,17,18 Role of vegetarian diet in Health and Diseases, p. 5-6-76-85-86 9,10. Tirthankara, September, 1989, p. 29 22,24,25 मांसभक्षणदूषणाष्टकम्, मद्यपानदूषणाष्टकम् (अष्टकप्रकरणम् कर्ता- आचार्य श्री
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