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## Introduction to the Qualities The words "in the Kali Yuga" (in the dark Kali Yuga) in this introduction are particularly noteworthy and convey two meanings. One is that it was a very difficult task to influence the Jain Tirthankaras in the Kali Yuga. Samantabhadra accomplished this, undoubtedly performing a difficult task that others could not or did not. The second meaning is that before Samantabhadra, the influence or glory of the aforementioned Tirthankaras either did not exist, or had become nearly extinct, or had never been as significant as it became during his time. There is hardly any dispute about the first meaning - in the Kali Yuga, when the impurities of the mind increase, it becomes difficult for good deeds to prevail. Samantabhadra himself, while stating that the Mahavira's multi-faceted teachings have the power to be the master of the "Ekaadhipaty" (absolute sovereignty), considered the Kali Yuga as an exception to that power - a reason for not being able to achieve "Ekaadhipaty". Although the Kali Yuga is a simple external reason, he considered the listeners' impure intentions (minds afflicted by philosophical delusion) and the speaker's (Acharya's) "Vachananaya" (unrefined, absolute Nayas) as the extraordinary reasons. "Ekaadhipaty" is the absolute sovereignty of one who is necessarily relied upon by all. The external reason for the exception is the Kali Yuga, which is a simple time period. Nayas that are independent of each other are false, and those that are dependent on each other are called "Samyak" or "Vastutattva" (truth). This is why Swami Samantabhadra said, "Nirapeksha Nayas are false, Sapeksha are the true meaning of things" - Devagama.
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________________ गुणादिपरिचय । किया, इस परिचयके 'कलिकालमें' ( काले कलौ) शब्द खासतौरसे ध्यान देने योग्य हैं और उनसे दो अर्थोकी ध्वनि निकलती हैएक तो यह कि, कलिकालमें स्याद्वादतीर्थको प्रभावित करना बहुत कठिन कार्य था, समंतभद्रने उसे पूरा करके निःसन्देह एक ऐसा.. कठिन कार्य किया है जो दूसरोंसे प्रायः नहीं हो सकता था. अथवा नहीं हो सका था; और दूसरा यह कि, कलिकालमें समंतभद्रसे पहले उक्त तीर्थकी प्रभावना-महिमा या तो हुई नहीं थी, या वह होकर लुप्तप्राय हो चुकी थी और या वह कभी उतनी और उतने महत्त्वकी नहीं हुई थी जितनी और जितने महत्त्वकी समंतभद्रके द्वारा उनके समयमें, हो सकी है। पहले अर्थमें किसीको प्रायः कुछ भी विवाद नहीं हो सकता-कलिकालमें जब कलुषाशयकी वृद्धि हो जाती है तब उसके कारण अच्छे कामोंका प्रचलित होना कठिन हो ही जाता है--स्वयं समंतभद्राचार्यने, यह सूचित करते हुए कि महावीर भगवानके अनेकान्तात्मक शासनमें एकाधिपतित्वरूपी लक्ष्मीका स्वामी होनेकी शक्ति है, कलिकालको भी उस शक्तिके अपवादका -एकांधिपत्य प्राप्त न कर सकनेका---एक कारण माना है। यद्यपि, कलिकाल उसमें एक साधारण बाह्य कारण है, असाधारण कारणमें उन्होंने श्रोताओंका कल्लुषित आशय ( दर्शनमोहाक्रान्त चित्त ) और प्रवक्ता ( आचार्य ) का वचनानय ( वचनका अप्रशस्त निरपेक्ष नयके ----'एकाधिपतिस्वं सर्वैरवश्याश्रयणीयत्वम् '--इति विद्यानंदः । सभी जिसका अवश्य आश्रय ग्रहण करें, ऐसे एक स्वामीपनेको एकाधिपतित्व या एकाधिपत्य कहते हैं। २ अपवादहेतुर्बाह्यः साधारणः कलिरेव कालः, इति विद्यानंदः । ३ जो नय परस्पर अपेक्षारहित हैं वे मिथ्या हैं और जो अपेक्षासहित हैं वे सम्यक् अथवा वस्तुतत्व कहलाती हैं । इसीसे स्वामी समन्तभद्रने कहा है-- 'निरपेक्षा नया मिथ्या सापेक्षा वस्तु तेऽर्थकृत् ' -देवागम।. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.010669
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachara
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJugalkishor Mukhtar
PublisherManikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year1982
Total Pages456
LanguageHindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size7 MB
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