The Convergence of the Modern Science Towards Jainism

Abstract: We illustrate here a fundamental similarity between Jainism and the modern science. We show that the two approaches of understanding various phenomena of nature are basically identical. However, the detail treatments may be different in the two cases. It appears that finally science is con- verging towards Jainism. In that way we lastly illustrte

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पोखरणा का तर्क है कि आधुनिक भौतिकी और जैन दर्शन प्रकृति को एक ही ढंग से समझते हैं। वे संरक्षण-नियमों को जैन द्रव्यों के, धर्मास्तिकाय को गति-क्षेत्र के और क्वांटम जीवविज्ञान को कर्म-सिद्धान्त के समानान्तर रखते हैं, तथा केवलज्ञान को ही पूर्ण ज्ञान मानते हैं। Pokharana argues that modern physics and Jainism describe nature in the same way. He sets conservation laws beside Jaina substances, dharmastikaya beside the field that permits motion, quantum biology beside the karma doctrine, and holds that only kevalajnana escapes the uncertainty science admits.

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