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SrI:

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs :

Today , we will study  the  two paasurams that house
Swamy  Desikan's  criticism of  the Third of the Four
Mathams associated with Buddhism : SouthrAnthikam .

171) Refutation of the SautrAntika Matham
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PoruL onRu ilathu yenRu bhOdham onRum kONDa poyyarai nAmm
   teruL kONDu theertha pinnkANavoNNA poruL tEDuhinRa
maruL koNDa soothu uraikkum SoutthhirAnthakan vaNNikkai nAmm
  iruL koNDa pAzhamkiNaRu yenRu ihazhnthu Ooda viyampuvamE

(Meaning) : YogAchAran has the doctrine that there are no external
objects and that Jn~Anam alone exists. We (Swamy  Desikan )
refuted those views with our special Jn~Anam acquired from
our AchAryAs in the previous adhikAram. The Buddhist belonging
to SautrAnthika Matham accepts the reality of external objects.
The SautrAnthikan due to his ignorance tries to use beguiling
ruses to prove the existence of the external objects and internal
entities through anumAnam (inference ). His unconvincing arguments
are like the Paazhum KiNaRu ( dark and dangerous empty well ).
If any one stumbles in to this type of well will lose his life . We
(Swamy  Desikan ) criticized severely the SautrAnthika Matham
so that VivEkis will develop a distaste for this Matham and
stay away from it.

172) The Inconsistencies of the SautrAntikan's doctrines
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nilayillA poruL mathiyai viLaitthu tAnn sER
   niRam kodutthu tAnn azhiyum tannAl vantha
nilayillA mathi tannil niRatthaik-kANum
   ithu kANum poruL kANNKai yenRa neesan
mulai illAt-tAai koduttha mulaip-paal uNNUm
   muhamilla mozhi yenavE mozhintha vArtthai
talai illAt-taaL oorum kaNakkAi ninRa
   kattaLai nAmm kaNDu inRu kaattinOmE

(Meaning): In contrast to YogAchAran , SautrAnthikan
accepts the existence of external objects. SautrAntikan's
doctrine is: External objects generate Jn~Anam and hand
over the white , yellow and other colors to that Jn~Anam
and become extinct. Therefore , the Indhriyams can not
apprehend /comprehend these objects , which have
the svabhAvam of extinction after enriching Jn~Anam
about their attributes like their colors. Even id these external
objects cease to exist, we can comprehend the objects
through the information transferred to Jn~Anam about
the colors through a process of anumAnam (inference).
Even this Jn~Anam with transferred  information on
the colors of the external objects becomes extinct in
a trice (KshaNam ). This Jn~Anam is equivalent to
the AathmA. This Jn~Anam will enjoy the colors like
blue , yellow  et al that has been given to it by the external
objects. This anubhavam is termed Vasthu SaakshAthkAram.

In SautrAntikan's doctrine , one has to accept that
Jn~Anam is generated after the birth of the Vasthu .
That vasthu exists for a KshaNam and ceases to
exist after that kshaNam . During that KshaNam
of its existence , the external object  creates Jn~Anam
and imparts information about itself  to Jn~Anam and
thereafter the external object  ceases to exist . Thus this
external object that is destined to become extinct in
a kshaNam has to be born first,  Create Jn~Anam in
the first second , transfer the information to Jn~Anam
in the second Second and in the third second has to become
extinct. This is totally impossible to concieve . Further,
the Jn~Anam housing the imparted information also becomes
extinct after a KshaNam . First second, Jn~Anam is born ,
the next second it becomes the repository of information
from the external objects and in the third second , it has
to become extinct . How can that Jn~Anam accomplish
Vasthu SaakshAthkAram ( Visualization of external objects )?
It is inconceivable and imposisble . The situation here is
similar to the baby helping itself to mother's mik from
a mother , who has no breasts; it is like speaking , when
there is no face ; it is like the movement by the feet , when
there is no head in the body to command it. Thus we refute
the inconsistent and unsound theories of SautrAnthikam
says Swamy  Desikan in this Paasuram.

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil Varadachari Sadagopan

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