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The Probing Eye : Divining the Invisible
The time-bound universe withnesses the past, the present and the future Indian philosophy attempted, in its infancy to comprehend, Time This probe heralded an attempt at reconciliation also Various synchronous events bear an invisible interconnection There is another category of events that occur one after the other Still another variety has a causal relation
Each individual is endowed with a number of virtues The manifested virtues are known to us while the unmanifested ones elude us We value an individual on the basis of his manifested virtues Hence our evaluation is valid for the present only. As another mode manifests itself, the earlier valuation loses its validity Mahavira's approach in this context was different from the one we ordinarily adopt He was as much alive to the latencies of an individual as to his patent virtues The past and the future would be as obvious to him as the present
Once it was raining heavily Kumar Shraman Atimuktaka was going to relieve himself. He carried a jar with himself He came across a stream of water He barred the stream with an earthen bound He floated his jar in the water and began to play shouting—'My boat is floating across, 'a child as he was
Certain monks passed by him They saw the puerile sport They came to Lord Mahavira forthwith After greeting the
