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ATOM IN JAIN PHILOSOPHY 79 mas (of matter) with beginning % There are three types of aggregates on the basis of causality viz, 1) natural 11) artificial or synthetic and 11) mixed
VII) MATTER IS INFINITE (NUMERICALLY)
The ultimate elementary constituent of matter is paramānu which are infinite numerically It follows, therefore, that substantially matter is also numer - cally infinite Maximum extension of matter is loka Spatially matter remains in the active universe loka) only and it pervades the total space of the active universelloka)
VIII) MATTER INTERACTS WITH CONSCIOUSNESS
Matter is attracted (and assimilated) by consciousness, that is interaction is possible between the physical and psychical orders of existence Matter is incapable of imposing itself on the psychical order but is capable of reacting with it once it has been captured by the latter Psychical substance alone has the power to attract and assimilate material bodies thus sendering itself liable to be corrupted by matter (karmic matter) . It has already been stated that all the different groups (vargaņās) of matter do not interact with the psyche The eight groups of matter which interact with psyche have been briefly described in the previous section The group which is most intimately associated with consciousness is hārmaca group or karma pudgala The relation between the psychical and the material is so concrete that they become somehow identical in the state of worldly existence By its own nature the conscious substance is always changing But in the state of worldly existence the change is determined by the nature of the härnuc
90 Rupışu drv3 cşı ādımān parināmo ancha-vidhali-Ibid (Bhasa) 5 43
