Divinity In Jainism

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

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grasped in knowledge. The knowledge of all things is possible in the Omniscient at all times. The Omniscient Arhat is free from Möha,-he has no liking for any thing. He is completely Vitaraga,--devoid of the feeling of affection or attachment; hence, there is no possibility of His being subjected to attachment and repulsion when He knows the things
According to the philosophers of the Jaina school, our in-omniscience is nothing but a limitation of Omniscience. The very fact that we are in-omniscient proves that there are some obstacles to our Omniscience and that we would be Omniscient as soon as these are removed. Hence In-omniscience may be said to be impossible without the reality of Omniscience The Mimūnsi thinkers contend that the Āgama is not-man-made 2.e, self-existent (Apaurushāya) and that an Omniscient Being cannot be its author because Speech is impossible in him. To this objection, the Jaina reply is that Speech and Omniscience do not contradict each other so that an Omniscient Being can be a Speaker and the author of the Āgama. The Āgama is not self-existent; it is made by the Omniscient Being. The Jaina philosophers point out that the Āgama becomes unreliable if the Omniscient be not said to be