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The Sutra-Kritanga Sutra states: "It is appropriate to be a Yujamaana." Thus, the first half of the verse should be applied even to the Kriya-vadi view, according to the Kakaakshi-golaka-nyaya. ||4|| Now, to show the ignorance of the Kriya-vadis, the author says:
Commentary: Knowledge of a thing by its number is called Sankhya, and the correct knowledge of the true nature of a thing is called Upsankhya. Without it, that is, without the knowledge of the true nature of the object, the Vainayikas, who are confused and attached to their own views, preach only about attaining heaven and liberation through humility. They say, "By being humble to everyone, we will attain heaven and liberation." But their statement is devoid of any thought. Liberation is attained only through the harmony of knowledge and action. Abandoning this, they preach that only humility leads to heaven and liberation. Their statement here is that humility is the cause of all good. Humility is the cause of good only when there is right faith, right knowledge, etc. It is not the sole cause. One who is devoid of right faith, right knowledge, etc., even if he is humble, is deserving of contempt and rejection by all. The intended meaning is that heaven or liberation is not attained only through humility. Therefore, those who preach that only humility leads to heaven and liberation are Vinaya-vadis, who are covered in ignorance. They do not achieve their intended or desired meaning.
The Vinaya-vadis have been described. The Sutra-kara, in order to refute the views of the Akriya-vadis, says in the second half of the verse: "Love" is called Karma. Those who doubt it or are averse to it are called Lava-avashanki. The Lokayatikas and Buddhists, etc., fall into this category. According to their doctrines, there is no soul. Then where does its action originate, and how can Karma-bandha, which is generated by that action, occur? Therefore, according to their doctrines, there is no real bondage, but only an imputation. The same thing is expressed when it is said: "Just as it is said in the world, 'I have tied my fist, I have untied my fist,' it is not actually tied or untied by a rope, etc. It is only the folded hands that are tied and untied like a knot. In reality, nothing is tied or untied. This is an imputed practice. Similarly, one should understand the practice of being bound and liberated in the world." This is the doctrine of the Buddhists that all things are momentary, but action cannot occur in momentary things. Therefore, they are Akriya-vadis. Although the Buddhists do not accept the five skandhas, they believe that they are only imputations. They do not accept their real form. Their view is that no object is capable of expressing its own nature through knowledge, that is, the nature of objects cannot be known through knowledge. Because an object composed of parts does not occur or become known when considered by both the real and the unreal. Similarly, even the parts, when considered down to the atom, do not become the object of knowledge due to their extreme subtlety. Knowledge also does not take form due to the formlessness of the abstract, because of the absence of the knowable. It is said: "The more the objects are contemplated, the more their analysis increases." If it is pleasing to us to continue the analysis of objects, what can we do? Buddhists who believe in this kind of doctrine are secretly Lokayatikas, atheists. In the Buddhist view, the present moment does not coincide with the future moments and the past moments.