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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