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THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
may give 1) paranānus or 11) smaller aggregates or 111) paramāņus and also aggregates Sometimes, one or more paramāņus only may separate leaving the main aggregate intact Similarly one or more paramāņuis may unite with an aggregate
b) The process of fusion is called bandha je association The process of fission is called bheda i e disassociation The word process (prakrijā) is used here to distinguish it from the (krijā) dynamic activity of motion The infinite variety of the material universe and colossal energy of matter is due to its being fissionable and fusionable
c) Conditions for the fission and fusion of matter are three-fold.
1) Causality (kārana) 11) psychic activity and 111) eligibility for union
1) Causality is again three fold a) by association (union) b) by disassociation and c) by both ie partly association and partly disassociation
11) Psychic activities are again three-fold a) visrasa le natural or spontaneous (for which no effort is necessary) b) prāyogic je synthetic and c) partly natural and partly synthetic
11) Eligibility for union is again three fold a) paramānus possessing one unit of unciuousness and one unit of dryness will not unite b) paramānus possessing opposite sparśa of equal and unequal intensiiies may unite c) paramūnus with similar sparsa can unite only if their respective intensities differ by two units or more ie there must be a minimum difference of two units in the intensity of dryness or unctuousness
All forms of matter (including paramous) possess the qualities of unctuousness and dryness of varying intensitics The ininimum intensity is the unit of
