Living Systems in Jainism: A Scientific Study
Author:
Dr. N.L. Kachhara
Dr. N.L. Kachhara
Published: 19.03.2018
Updated: 28.09.2018
Updated: 28.09.2018
- 00 ►Preliminaries
- 01 ►Soul and Consciousness in Jainism and Other Philosophical Systems
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02 ►The Eleven Doubts
- 02.01 ►Introduction
- 02.02 ►The First Doubt – The Existence of the Soul
- 02.03 ►The Second Doubt – Existence of Karma
- 02.04 ►The Third Doubt – Distinction between Soul and Body
- 02.05 ►The Fourth Doubt–Existence of Punya (Merit) and Papa (Demerit)
- 02.06 ►The Fifth Doubt – Difference between Past and Present Live
- 02.07 ►The Sixth Doubt – Bondage and Moksa
- 02.08 ►The Seventh Doubt – Existence of Gods (Deva)
- 02.09 ►The Eighth Doubt - Existence of The Infernal
- 02.10 ►The Ninth Doubt - Role of Merit And Demerit In Life
- 02.11 ►The Tenth Doubt - Rebirth
- 02.12 ►The Eleventh Doubt - Salvation
- 02.13 ►Bibliography
-
03 ►Doctrine of Karma
- 03.01 ►Introduction
- 03.02 ►Bhava Karma and Dravya Karma
- 03.03 ►Bonding of Karma
- 03.04 ►Karma Bonds
- 03.05 ►Types of Karma
- 03.06 ►Karma Sub-Types
- 03.07 ►Karma Proportions
- 03.08 ►States of Karma
- 03.09 ►Influx and Bonding of Karma
- 03.10 ►Ise of Karma
- 03.11 ►Working of Karma
- 03.12 ►The Body System
- 03.13 ►Relationship between Karma (in fruition) and Body
- 03.14 ►The Powers of theTejas Body
- 03.15 ►Connections between the Bodies
- 03.16 ►Karma, Free Will and Destiny
- 03.17 ►Bibliography
- 04 ►Some Concepts of the Psychical Structure of Soul
- 05 ►Biological Intelligence and the Human Faculties
- 06 ►Intelligent Design and the Evolution of Life
- 07 ►Emotions and Bhava in Jainism and Western Thought
- 08 ►Philosophy of Mind
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09 ►The Epistemological Performance of Living Systems
- 09.01 ►Introduction
- 09.02 ►Relation between Subject and Object
- 09.03 ►Cognition: True or False
- 09.04 ►Upayoga (Manifestation of Consciousness)
- 09.05 ►Darshana
- 09.06 ►Indirect Cognitions
- 09.07 ►Direct Cognitions
- 09.08 ►Instincts
- 09.09 ►Knowledge and Perception in Western Philosophy
- 09.10 ►Embodied Cognition
- 09.11 ►Omniscience & Divine Knowledge
- 09.12 ►Bibliography
- 10 ►Types of Knowledge and Standards of Intelligence
- 11 ►Is Consciousness a Quantum Phenomenon?
- 12 ►The Path to Emancipation
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13 ►Is the Jain Loka a Multi-region (or Multiverse!) Structure?
- 13.01 ►Introduction
- 13.02 ►The Multiverse Hypothesis
- 13.03 ►Matter in Jain Philosophy
- 13.04 ►Jain Cosmology: Loka
- 13.05 ►Middle Loka
- 13.06 ►Lower Loka
- 13.07 ►Upper Loka & Celestial Beings
- 13.08 ►Some Special Features of the Heavens and Hells
- 13.09 ►The Outer (Enclosure) Loka
- 13.10 ►Comparison and Discussions
- 13.11 ►Some Specialties of Non-gravitational Subtle Matter
- 13.12 ►Life-Centered Loka
- 13.13 ►Mathematical Model of Loka
- 13.14 ►Conclusions
- 13.15 ►Bibliography
-
14 ►Living Systems and the Fate of the Universe (Loka)
- 14.01 ►Introduction
- 14.02 ►Entropy and Cosmology
- 14.03 ►Entropy, Order and Life
- 14.04 ►Nonliving Physical Systems
- 14.05 ►Living Systems
- 14.06 ►Order in the Loka
- 14.07 ►Spatial and Temporal Variations in Order/Disorder in the Middle Loka
- 14.08 ►Is the Universe Expanding?
- 14.09 ►Conclusions
- 14.10 ►Bibliography
- Bibliography
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| Title: | Living System in Jainism: A Scientific Study |
| Author: | Prof. Narayan Lal Kachhara |
| Edition: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | Kundakunda Jñānapīṭha, Indore, India |
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