Divinity In Jainism

Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: Devendra Printing and Publishing Co Ltd

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agreed with them in this matter Sankara Misra says,
"In this way, from the fact of production, we can conclude God. We may argue The earth etc have a Creator, because they are products, like a pitcher."
A thinker of the Jaina school explains the Nyaya view in the following manner,
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The earth, the mountain etc. which are under consideration have an Intelligent Architect, because they have a Cause, whatever has a Cause has an Intelligent Creator, as for instance, a building, they are such (2.e., have a Cause); hence, they are so (1.e, have an intelligent Creator)"
The Nyaya thinkers hold that the mountain etc are 'products' because they have parts 2.e, they are constituted of atoms The atoms are unconscious, there must be some Intelligent Agent who has compounded the atoms and formed them into the mountain etc This Intclligent Agent is God and the Nyaya thinkers further maintain that God has made the world out of kindness.
Various objections have been raised against the theistic theory of the west Many