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reaches at the absolute truth, "it approaches very near Advaita Vedānta”. I Yogîndu'sa identification between the spirit and the super spirit is a triumph of monism in the history of Indian religious thoughts. As the Vedāntins distinguish between the higher and the lower knowledge, so here also we find a distinction between omniscience and Syadvada. However, inspite of many other similarities, there is one vital difference, in the Vedāntic conception the objectivity is not outside the knower, while for Jaina3 omniscience, there is a complex external objectivity infinitely over both time and place and the individual self retains its individuality even in the search of omniscience and bliss.
1. Shastri, P. D. : Ibid, p. 13; Cf. : See author's article on
"Advaita Trends in Jainism", published in Darśanika,
Faridkot, 1959. 2. Pravacana-sāra ( Ibid ), Introduction, p. LXXVII. 3. Sanmati-Tarka, 1. 49; 1. 150; Apta-Mimātsá’, 24 & 25;
Tattvartha-Sloka, 1. 23-53.
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