Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 155 ( Desika Prabhandham-- 46: Paasurams 171-172(continued)

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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

 

SrImate SrI Lakshminrusimha PaadhukA sEvaka

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