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RELEVANCE OF JAINISM

Jainism :   Concept of Real(Sat),Dravya,Guna,Paryaya : On the point of substance,two extreme views has been expressed by Buddhism and Advaita.According to Buddhists,there is only fleeting state of empirical phenomenon.There isn’t any permanent substance.Premanent substance is merely the figment of imagination.Just opposite to this view of Buddhism is Advaitic view,according to which only permanent substance exist.Whitout this substratum qualities will be baseless and wouldn’t exist. Jain philosophy takes stand on the middle path between the two extremes of Buddhism and Advaita.According to Jainism,substance is neither merely immutable nor momentary,everchanging entity.Reality is something permanent(dhruva) as substratum with ever-changing modes.This productive quality is called Utpada in Jainism and fading out of them is called vyaya.According to Dr S N Dasgupta, “The conception of Being as the union of the permanence and change brings us naturally to the doctrine of Ane...