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SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
The Lord solved the tangle by means of relativistic logic and pertinent statement
An object has numberless opposite characteristics It can be comprehended by a vision comprising of all comprehensive angle It can be described by means of numberless logical statements The numberless properties of the object can be comprehended but cannot be expressed At any point of time only one property can be revealed with a word Delineation of one property cannot equate with the comprehensive delineation and there is no single word to describe all the properties together The Lord cut this logical knot by using the term 'Khyat' to indicate the relative approach.
"Life is"-this syllogism endorses the existence of life Life is not existence only it is something more than that 'Life is not! It endorses the non-existence of life Life is not non-existence only it is something more than that Hence 'life is' and life is not' express the truth A true syllogism would be 'perhaps life is', 'perhaps life is not'
Existence cannot be denied From this angle existence is there Without conceding non-existence, its existence cannot be proved Hence it does not exist The points of time when the existence is there and it is not are not two different points There is a point of time when it is also not and is not when it is The two syllogisms cannot be simultaneously true Hence life is ineffable
Vedanta finds Brahma ineffable According to Lord Buddha certain realities are indescribable According to Lord Mahavira, molecule and Atman, subtle and gross all things are inexpressible He adds that these are inexpressible as a whole but if seen in part from a particular angle these are describable We say 'Mango is sweet' It describes the sweet attribute of mango But sweetness alone is not mango Mango possesses numberless attributes and modes like sweetness Certain attributes are too plain It is yellow, fragrant and smooth 'Mango is sweet' merely describes its taste to the exclusion of its colour, smell and touch We know and describe the
