07-06-2004, 09:11 PM
I have a question, for anyone who may be able to enlighten me.
<b> Preface: </b> According to Jainas, the size of the soul spans the entire body. But the Brahma Sutra (in chapter 2), refutes this concept by asking what would happen if a mosquito dies and becomes an elephant, (as it would be unable to fill an elephant's body. Or when an elephant dies and is born as a mosquito (there by unable to fit the body of a mosquito.)
The Brahma sutra goes on to say that the jeeva is subtle (sookshma), and is somewhere in the region of the heart.
<b>Question: </b> We know that when we cut up an earthworm (or a starfish), each divided piece grows back into a full-blown organism. The same is seen with plants also (Rose cutting.) Does each earthworm piece have a separate "ego" (or "I" ness) and a different Jeeva? The more I think of it, using any equation, I am unable to figure it out..
Any help would be great. I am not looking for "semetic" justifications like "It's God's will", or Vedantic explanation like 'It's all maya'.. <!--emo&
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PS: Did not know where else to post this.
<b> Preface: </b> According to Jainas, the size of the soul spans the entire body. But the Brahma Sutra (in chapter 2), refutes this concept by asking what would happen if a mosquito dies and becomes an elephant, (as it would be unable to fill an elephant's body. Or when an elephant dies and is born as a mosquito (there by unable to fit the body of a mosquito.)
The Brahma sutra goes on to say that the jeeva is subtle (sookshma), and is somewhere in the region of the heart.
<b>Question: </b> We know that when we cut up an earthworm (or a starfish), each divided piece grows back into a full-blown organism. The same is seen with plants also (Rose cutting.) Does each earthworm piece have a separate "ego" (or "I" ness) and a different Jeeva? The more I think of it, using any equation, I am unable to figure it out..
Any help would be great. I am not looking for "semetic" justifications like "It's God's will", or Vedantic explanation like 'It's all maya'.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->PS: Did not know where else to post this.