Outlines of Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 011084
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Jain Mission Society Bangalore
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 195
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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CONCEPTION OF REALITY
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(3) By the combined process of division and union taking place
simultaneously.1 The manifestations of pudgala are found in the form of sound, union, fineness, grossness, figure, divisibility, darkness, shade or image, sunshine, and moonlight.?
DHARMĀSTIKĪYA
This substance as the medium of motion is defined by Cmāsvāti as permanent, fixed, and without form. Dharon īstikīya is only one. It is not capable of moving from one place to another. The whole universe (loka ) is the place of dharmāsti kūya.3
Now, what is the nature of this substance? It is helpful in supporting the motion of souls and matter. What does it mean? It means that although the souls and matter have got the capacity of moving, yet, they cannot move unless the medium of motion is present in the universe. The medium of motion does not create motion but only helps them who have already got the capacity of moving. It is the medium through which motion takes place. As for instance, a fish swims ir. water. Here, water does not create swimming but it only helps the fish that has developed the tendency of swimming. As water helps fish in swimming, the jīvāstikāya and pidgalāstikāva are helped by atharinastikuva when the former tend to move. The medium of motion (iharınāstikāja) is an immaterial substanca possessing no consciousness. It is permanent as well as fixed and one. Every thing can penetrate it without any obstruction. It consists of innumerable' pradeśas' because the universal space possesses countless spatial units.
ADHARJĀSTIKAYA
The auxiliary cause of rest to the soul and matter is called the inedium of rest (adharmāstikaya)". It is a single immaterial substance pervading through the whole of the universe. There are countless points of adharmāslikava as those of dharmāstikāvu. Adharmiīstiklīva is as helpful with respect to rest as
1 Bheriusaighītebh va utpadvante. Tattvārtha-sútra, V, 26. ? ibid., V, 24. 3 ibid., 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 13. + Siyama-sāra, 30.