Human Solidity and Jainism

SR No.: 269077
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Z_Sagar_Jain_Vidya_Bharti_Part_6_001689.pdf
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 10
Language: English
Classification: Article & Jainism
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the Brahmanicaland Áramanical saints are remembered as Arhat Rşi and their teachings are regarded as an Agama." Ilaribhadra - Jaina saint of eighth century AD was a staunch preacher of religious tolerance. In his works Sastravärtásamuccaya and YogadȚştisamuccaya, he has elaborately illustrated this liberal outlook.
In the Yogadsstisamuccaya, he remarks that the ultimate truth transcends all states of worldly existence, called nirvāṇa and is essentially and necessarily"single" even if it be designated by different names, like Sadāśiva, Parabrahman, Siddhātmā, Tathāgata etc. Not only in the general sense but etymologically also they convey the same meaning. In Lokatattvanirnaya he says 'l venerate all those who are free from all vices and adomed with all virtues, be they Brahmā, Visņu, Siva or Jina.* Haribhadra's crusade against sectarianism is unique and admirable in the history of world-religions, This view is further supported by various Jaina thinkers of medieval period such as Akalanka, Yogindu, Mānatunga, Hemacandra and many others. While worshipping Lord Siva, the Jaina pontift Hemacandra says: “I worship those who have destroyed attachment and aversion which are the seed or birth and death, be they Brahmā, Vişnu, Siva or Jina." "It is important that though Hemacandra was a Jain-saint, he composed a hynin in praise of Siva. This liberalism is also maintained by later Hindi or Gujarati Jaina writers like Anandaghana and many others.
Anandaghana, a mystic Jaina saint of the 17** century A.D. remarks that just as ocean includes all the rivers so does Jainism all other faiths. Further, he beautifully expounds that all the six hcrctic schools are the organs of Jinaandone who worships Jina also worship them. A Hindi couplet (20' cent.) reads:
buddha vira jina hari hara brahmă ya usako svādhina kahol bhakti bhāva se prerita ho, yeha citta usi me līna raholl
Along with these literary evidences there are some epigraphical evidences of religious tolerance of the Jainas. Some Jaina Ācāryas such as Rāmakīrtiand Jayamangalasuri wrote the hymns in the praise