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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs of Swamy  Desikan :
 
Today we will study the two Paasurams that refute
the avaidhika Matham of Jainam ( 12 thChapter of
Para Matha Bhangam: Jaina Matha BhangAdhikAram).
 
177) Refutation of Jainism
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sOthanai vittu orutthan sola meyyenac-chOhatarai
   sEthanai aRRavar yenRu sithaittha pinn seevarkatkkOr
vEdanai seyhai veRum maRam yenRu viLampi vaitthE
   maatavam yenRu mayir paRippAr mayal maaRRuvamE
 
(Meaning): The Jains do not  accept the eternal VedAs
as having been created  by no human beings (apourushEyam) .
Tthey do not  accept the Vedams bequeathed to us by the Lord
as PramAnam.Bouddhism is in the same category of
Veda Baahya Mathams . In this chapter , we refute
the Jaina Matham as we did before the four kinds of
Bhouddha mathams. The key doctrine of Jainism is
nonviolence to every living being. Inspite of this avowed
doctrine not to cause any pain to living beings , they pull
out their own hair and cause harm to themselves and
consider that act of himsai as a great act of penance.
We will remove their ignorance about fundamental tatthvams.
 
The reason for many to like Jaina Matham over Buddha Matham
is because of its difference from Buddhism in accepting that
the world is real and that here are nithya and anithya vasthus.
They agree however with the Bhuddhists that mind is not
a distinct entity from the Soul.They preach ahimsai but perform
forcible pulling of their hairs as dhigambhara  monks  and cause
himsai to themselves.
 
The nigamana (concluding , suming up) paasuram on Jainism
goes in to more details about the doctrines of this Matham
and its inconsistencies and contradictions .
 
178) Inconsistencies of doctrines
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sonnAr tAmm sonnathu yelAm thuravOmyenRum
   sonnathuvE sonnathu alathu aahum yenRum
siRiyanumAm periyanumAm seevan yenRu
   mannAthum mannumathum onRE yenRum
vaiyamellAm vizhuhinRathu yenRum yenRum 
   tennAdum vada naadum sirikka pEsum 
sina neRiyAr sinam yellAm sithaitthittOmE
 
(Meaning): Jaina Matham's chief doctrine is that
there is no Iswaran . TFor them , he ParamANus ( sub-atomic 
particles ) are the cause of the Universe.Every vasthu
in this world consists of the duals of Sathyam-asathyam ,
bhEdham-abhEdham , nithyathvam-anithyathvam . They
are made of dhvandhvams(duads) , which are polar opposites.
If some one from other Matham points out that the acceptance
of polar opposites of the kinds pointed above would lead to
the acceptance of other dhvandhvams as well , then the Jains
accept them all without objection. If some one says that
their views are inconsistent with PramANams , then they
point out there is no problem since they consider inconsistency
as a guNam in vasthus.They say that what can be eaten
and what can not be eaten among vasthus is one and the same.
They say that the Jeevan will have the same size as one's body.
They say that vasthus would be eternal (nithyam ) and at
the same time evanescent (anithyam/limited life). They
state that the Earth because of its weight is forever
descending downwards . All of these strange beliefs and
statements make them national laughing matter.We have
rejected their doctrines(saptha bhangee Vaadham) 
in this adhikAram .  
    
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
 
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam
 
SrI LakshmI Nrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA sEvaka ,
SrI Vann SaThakOpa ,   SrIman NaarAYaNa
YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:
 

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