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2. Sugataʼs omniscience cannot be proved by inference, for he instructed on Dharma without knowing the Vedas—the only. embodiment of the Dharma. Instructions on Dharma are given for various reasons, one of them being to deceive others. Moreover, Sugata instructed only the low class people, who were not versed in the Vedas, and this shows further that his instructions are not reliable.
3. Even if the Buddha is held to be omniscient he is unable to instruct people when he enters into meditation after obtaining the tenth Bhami. Further, we are not prepared to believe in your story that whenever Buddha enters into meditation, all things surrounding him, such as the walls, etc. speak out his views; because we follow reasons and not myths.
4. You have to answer whether the omniscient Buddha whom you want to establish possesses many Vijñanas of different things or one Vijñana; if many, then at what time, and whether all at once or in succession. If the Vijñana is one, then how can he have the knowledge of such contradictory things as purity, impurity etc. When he looks at all things at the time of meditation what must be his proof? Is it perception or inference? If the proof is something else, then how can you say his Vijñana is knowledge, which has but two proofs. To know the Dharma, therefore, we should go to the words which are not uttered by human beings, because human beings cannot be omniscient.
Refutation. 1. It is vulgar to bring in objections such as that there is no one who can see the anus and hairs of his own body, while you are not able to refute the arguments by which we establish that there may a person who by his clear knowledge can see everything. Further, the omniscient cannot be seen by you unless you become omniscient also. You cannot deny a thing simply because you are not able to know it. But, on the contrary, you also should acknowledge an omniscient being who would see such things as heaven, sacrifices etc. and recite your Vedas. The Vedas cannot be eternal as they reveal meanings one after another in
| SR No. | 010566 |
| Book Title | Tattvasangraha 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Embar Krishnamacharya |
| Publisher | Central Library |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 832 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 57 MB |