As new theories of universe & time & space are coming, we are getting that all these were there in Jain philosophy.
Einstein has said that a person is not a single one but is a "time worm".
Means , there are a continuity.A person of present exists , similarly this same person of 5 min back also do have its existence.Means if we are able to go back inthe time line we can see that person of 5 min. back.
Einstein says that the time is the 4th dimension.So, this means that we can measure time, go back in the time & can come forward in the time-line.He says that when we represent a person on the time line, then we have to put the person at different times on this line & will find that the same person is on the same time line. .But The dimension when crossed is not destroyed.
For eg we are going from Jaipur to Delhi , then if we cross half the way then it doesn't mean that the road we have traveeled gets disappeared.We can still go back on the same road & see the same road again.
Similarly, we can go back in the time line & can find the same person of 5 min back or 1 yr back & so on.
Means the incidences are continuously passing on the time line & the 'present' is the point on the time line where we cross that particular incidence.
Means if I go in time line and stand at the point of 1984 then I can see the death of Indira Gandhi.If I can go still back on this time line I will cross it much earlier.
Similarly, there is something called as projection of the time line.This is what is behind the concept of 'time machine', means we can even see what will happen in future as the future is also on the same time-line.
Isn't it amazing?
Scientists says that to go back in time one has to attain a speed greater then that of light & should stand at a particular point on this time-line of which we want to see the happenings.
Have you all noted one thing?
That even if we go back or front in the time line we can only see the happenings but can't do anything or can't change it, because the things have already happened.
Now, the same is the concept of "Gyata-drishta Sarvagya" in Jainisn.A sarvgya sees every thing & all the points of the time-line at the same instance, means he is not standing on this time-line otherwise he would be able to see only the things of that particular point of the time-line.
So, salvation according to jainism removes a soul from his journey on the time-line.
No future of the salvated souls could be seen as they are not travelling on the time line, but their past can be seen.
Jainsm also says that they can't do anything or make any change.
Yes, no one cannot make any changes on the time-line but can only see or observe.
Dr. Amit Prakash Jain
Excellent book on jainism
17 years ago
