Nyaya Kusumanjali

SR No.: 004893
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nyayavijay
Publisher: Vadilal Dahyabhai Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1922
Total Pages: 438
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 17 MB

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( 29 ) bright and noble is the result of good behaviour and right knowledge. Thus in short, it gives the full scope for the moral development.
Syadvada . I shall now refer to Syadvada, the central doctrine of Jainism, the fundamental proposition of the Jaina Nyaya, the master-key of opening the heart-locks of different religions and the main fountain of temporal and spiritual progress. Syadvada l'econciles the seeming paradoxes and jarring theories of all other systems of thought and welds them together into a consistent and harmonious whole. It is the many sided, all comprehensive and encompassing truth. It teaches us to respect every other religion as containing some very important truth. All the systems of Indian philosophy, the six Dars'anas are different coloured rays refracted through a prism of ignorance and when blended together, go to form the pure white light of truth known as Syadvada. To illustrate this doctrine- the doctrine consciously or unconsciously adopted by every religion, I take up the question whether the Jainas are Polytheists or Monotheists. According to Jainism, every pure soul is God and the number of such souls is infinite. Hence, from this stand-point: a Jaina who worships God may be called a Polytheist or a worshipper of Gods without number. However, the attributes of all these Gods are identical and a Jaina may in the light of this consideration be called a Monotheist or a worshipper of one God. This is an instance where the paradoxial theory that the one includes