Anekantajay patakakhyam Prakaranam Part 2

Author(s): Haribhadrasuri, Munichandrasuri
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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NOTES
[P. 5, 1. 22 · The Burddhas usually speak of seven? Sugatag: (i) Vipas'yin, (ii) Sikhin, (iii) Vis'vabhū, (iv) Krakucchanda, (v) Käñcana (vi) Kās' yapa ind (vii) S'akyasimha. Of them S'äkya( simha) and Vipas'yin are mentioned on p. 325.
As the Bauddhas are the followers of Sugata, they are known as Saugatas, too. They refer to Sugata as Tirtharkara, Buddha, Dharmadhātu and Tathagata. The last epithet has given rise to the Bauddhas being called Täthāgatus. They worship the image of Buddha which has three lines in the neck.
In Tarkarahasyadipikā (p. 10a) it is said that the Bauddhas keep a chowrie, a hide, and a gourd, get their head shaven, wear a red garment reaching ankles and cat flesh as they believe that whatever is given in a pātra at the time of begging is pure. They observe strict celibacy, and go on the road, cleaning it so that no living beings may get killed,
From Saddars'anasamtlccayo (v. 4-9) we learn : (a) Sugata is the deity of the Bauddhas. (b) He is the propounder of the four āryasatyas (noble truths) viz.
duhkha (suffering), samudaya (origin), mārga (path) and
nirodha ( cessation) (c) Duhkha is five-fold inasmuch as it consists of five skandhags
(aggregations ) viz. vijñāna (consciousness ), vedanā (feeling), sañña (conception ), samskära (impression ) and rūpa (four
elements, the body the senses ). .1 In Prof. Rajyade's Marathi translation (p. 46) of Dighanikaya
(pt. II) it is remarked that in some Pāli works names of 8, 16 and
aven 25 Buddhas are given. 2 Ho is none other than Gautama Buddha. 3 Seo Abhidhānacintamani (II, 150). 4 Ibid., v. 146. In v. 147-149 ve come across other names. 5 The four noble truths are montioned ag under in Systems of Buddhist Thought (p. 69):
(i) Suffering is universal.
(ii) Kuffering has an origin. .. (ii) Suffering admits of cassation...
(iv) There is a path which leads to the cessation of suffering. Further, it is said on this very page: "Those Four Noble Truths are nothing else but the cardinal artioles of Indian medical scienos applied to spiritual healing exactly as they are in the Yoga philosophy. This fact is pointed out in Vyasa's Commentary on the
15th Aphorjam of the second book of Patanjali's Yogasutra..." 6 The five skandhas are explained on pp. 230-231 (ibid.). On p. 230 skandha is defined as under:--
"Aggregation of Dharmas which belong to the same class is termed skandha”. See AJP (Vol. II, p. 60, 11, 18-19) where other details are given.