Book Title: Jain Journal 2005 01 Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication Publisher: Jain Bhawan PublicationPage 29
________________ 128 JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XXXIX, NO. 3 JANUARY 2005 all others might be correct in their own spheres and this means that one's own view is also incorrect. To overcome this problem some Ācāryas after Samantabhadra and Siddhsena Divākara quietly introduced this theory which said that others might also be partially correct, but this possession of the whole or absolute truth would be possible only with the Omniscients. According to the commentary written by Jainācārya Ātmā Rāma (Vijayānanda) Sūri in the third section of the second chapter of the Ācārāngasūtra (the first of the Jain Agamas), it is clearly mentioned that without the possession of samyag jñāna, samyag darśana and samyak caritra one cannot attain Mokșa and these three qualities are available only and only with the Jains. Omniscience knowledge (kevala-jñāna) only manifests the complete knowledge, and any other knowledge is a false knowledge. He comments that the Tirthankaras have said that without these three qualities the followers of other faith are not capable of attaining liberation, nor are capable of leading others. Jainācārya Hemacandra Sūri in the 12th century A.D. in his Yogaśāstra wrote that the gods of other religions were confused a lot on account of being engaged in eating meat, consuming liquor, dancing, singing, music, laughter etc. and as such, are incapable of experiencing the whole truth. They are incapable of leading people to the right path as the Tīrthankaras can only experience absolute truth, as such, they were the only Sarvajñānies and nobody else. The Jains called the Tīrthankaras the only personalities who had experienced truth in full. Tirthankara is a post which one can attain only after penance for ages. Vardhamāna also penanced in number of births to attain this post. Jainācārya Sushil Muni in 1958 published a book titled Jainadharma. In the chapter Muktimārga of this book it is mentioned that to achieve and maintain samyag darśana a pure one should avoid five vives, namely: 1. To doubt the sermons of Vītarāgas, 2. To possess the desire to embrace any other religion, 3. To doubt about fruits of his own religion and have a hatred Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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