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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & MODERN SCIENCE
Rebirth: According to the propoundings of Lord Buddha if the soul is not real and only an aggregate then what and who is reborn? Lord Buddha believed in the theories of re-buth and Karma and this fact is vividly held out from the following instance
Once a thorn pricked Lord Buddha's foot. On this happening Lord Buddha told his diciples "Monks, in the 91st birth before my present birth one man was lolled by me It is as a result of that Karma that this thorn bas pricked my foot 12 The firm belief in the theory of karma on one side and the impermanence of the soul on the other hand cause unnecessary come plications And this complicated condition is explained by the aid of an illustration of the flame of a lamp. In the ordinary way it is believed that the same flame burns for the whole night But actually the fact is something diffcrent The flame that was glowing in the first instance is entirely distinct from the flame that glows in the second instance Not only this but they are absolutely different from each other We can realise this by a little thinking It is the oil that burns in a continuous stream and the flame is only a result of the burning of that oil At every stage new oil gets up and a new flame is created in very quick succession of course. But externally it appears that the flame is static.
Same is the condition of soul according to Bud12 Shaddarshan Samuchaya Tika
