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vargaṇā which is fit for the purpose of forming dravya manah Admittedly none of the current theories of psychology conceive the necessity of fine material particlès (or are they radiations of extremely short wave length") for the process of thinking and other mental activities
Many scientists, however, see drastic changes on the honzon There would have to be some revolutionary paradgm 21 to explain telepathy, psychokinesis and precognition At least one serious physicist, Gerald Feinberg of Columbia University thinks that psychic transmissions may one day be linked to yet undiscovered elementary particles which may be called mindons or psychons "If modern scientific instruments became really successful in detecting such particles they could be equivalent to the group of matter called manaḥ vargana by Jains But since, such matter is devoid of mass it is extremely unlikely to be found in its original form
PARYAYA, PARINAMA KRIYA, BHEDA, (FISSION) AND BANDHA (FUSION)
The above terms are used by Jains to show various aspects of the dynamic nature of matter They are meant to indicate that various kinds of energies inhere and are potentially available in the different states of matter and each change of state is accompanied with release or transformation of energy
Pudgalāstikāva assert the Jains is an energetic and active substance Various kinds of multifarious activities are attributed to it First of all there is the
21 Paradigm is the word used by Thomas Kuhn for the model of scientific advancement after each major conceptual shift
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