Source Book in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001263
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Tarak Guru Jain Granthalay
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 590
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 10 MB

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A SOURCB-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
This means of refutation of other points of view is likely to lead to dogmatic and one sided approach to the understanding of the nature of reality. Bhagavān Mabāvīra said that such one-sided approach to problems is ekänta (one-sided) and perverse. He presented a synoptic approach to the understanding of the problem of reality and that is a many-sided view, anekānta. It is nayavāda. Nayavāda has also been considered as a drşțivāda, adegavāda and apekşāvāda. The essence of these concepts is one and the same. We have already discussed about the implications of the naya and its sub-divisions in the last chapter, Naya is a specific point of view, it is a specific method of approach. ing reality and it is the expression of anekānta view.
In the Agama sāhitya we get a description of the problems of logic according to the contexts. Basic problems of logic and epistemology have been discussed in the Agama literature.
Habe POST-AGAMIC JAINISM The Jaina philosophy that developed after the Agama literature and before the systematic preiod may be called post. Agamic Jainism, This presents a systematic development of the philosophical problems of Jainisin including epistemology, metaphysics and ethics. We get here the doctrine of karma, the ethics of Jainas, metaphysical problems, the concept of dravyas and the theory of yoga systematically formulated and discussed. Enormous literature has been written on these topics. Karma-doctrine has been discussed in a brilliant and systematic way in Gommațasāra-Karmakāndu of Nemicandra and Karmagrantha of Devendrasūri, A systematic study of ethical problems is to be found in Mülācāra, Bhagavatī Ārädhunā, Anagara Dharmāmrta, Dharmabindu Prakarana, Yogaśāstra, Ratnakaranda Śrāvakācāra, Śrāvakācāra of Vasunandi, and sāgāra-dharmam sta of Pandit Āsādhara. The philosophical concepts of Jainism have been ably and critically presented in Tattvārthasūtra of Umāsväti and the commentary thereon, as also in Dravyasangraha of Nemicandra. Kundakundācārya has presented philosophical problems in his famous works like Pravacanasāra, Samayasāra, Niyamsāra and Pañcāstikāya. sära. Yogavimśika, Yogašataka, Yagad rşțisamuccaya and Yogabindu Prakarana of Haribhadra are representative works of this age. The Ācāryas of this age concentrated on the study and discussion of the conceptual aspects of Jainisın.