Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 158( Paaasurams: 177 & 178)

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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

 

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