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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
experiencing the cold? Yes, I need a blanket. Every day we come across such conversations. All such talks serve some purpose. Without such language our day-to-day life would be difficult. Gāthā 84 allows us to accept such communication from the relative point of view. Gāthā 84 says that the soul can be a doer of the transformations in the Kārmika matter and can experience or endure the Kārmika matter in many ways, according to the relative point of view.
As mentioned earlier, the statements of the relative point of view are to be understood in appropriate context as these are not true in the real sense. In Gātha 85 and 86, we find the logic to clarify that the notions of the relative point of view described in Gāthā 84 are not true in the real sense. Ācārya says that from the teachings of Jina we know that one Dravya cannot be a doer of transformation in another Dravya, and one Dravya cannot experience another Dravya. Each Dravya is capable of experiencing only oneself. If somebody believes that a soul can do functions of soul as well as Pudgala (matter) then he is a false believer. His belief is false because in real sense a soul cannot do functions of the two (soul and matter).
Question: What is wrong in accepting a visible fact that Vimala
cooked the food?
Answer: The relative point of view accepts this fact. However,
for understanding the reality one should know more details It is important to know that a collection of the soul of Vimala and many molecules of the physical body of Vimala have been instrumental in making transformations in the molecules of the raw material of the food. If in the raw material there is one stone particle then it would not cook. This shows that the cooking cannot take place without the ability of the material which is being cooked.
Question: If the raw material got cooked because of its own
ability then why did it wait for the cook Vimala? Does Vimala not deserve any credit for it?
Answer: Yes, Vimala deserves credit in worldly sense. But
neither Vimala nor her family members should consider her
