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Scriptural and other Arguments for Theism in Jainism
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Jainism is theistic and Jain theism is obviously seen overflowing in a great number of texts and their writers. One thing more, uptil now we have taken some of the works of the texts, but in this non-canonical literature we will take a few authors and thinkers representatives of a class : and thus will deal with their names rather than the text or
ngst such representatives I have selected Srimad Rajcandra Sri Anandaghana, Šri Nyāyavijayaji, Śri Bhadrankarvijayaji, Pandit Sukhlalji, Prof. P. S. Jaini, Pandit Dalsukh Mälvania, Dr. J. P. Jain, Dr. $. Radhakrishnan, Dr. S. N. Dasgupta, Prof. H. S. Bhattachārya, Dr. Ram Jee Singh, Dr. G. N. Joshi and others. (1) Śrimad Anandaghanaji
The eighteenth century gave quite a good number of great monks who were highly learned and strictly spiritual. Srimad Anandaghanaji was one of them. He was a great poet and wrote innumerable poems mainly in Hindustani, Mārvādi and Gujarāti languages. The subject of his poems was always the pure soul- the religious thought, an expression of his devotional and sincerest worship of the lord Tirtharkara. He wrote eulogies for the twenty four Tirthankaras as well as many couplets having the spiritual thought. Srimad Anandaghanaji, his life and works, is quite sufficient enough for and independent research work. What we are here, concerned is to examine some of the poems or couplets to conclude Jain theism as it is in the religion of Jains as well as in the writings of, one of its greatest, purest and wisest of the monks. Like Sufi poets, he expresses his immense love for God and in one of his couplets (pada) he says. "O Lord ! I am in love with you. I don't care for the crazy world. Just like an addicted person, intoxicated by the substance he is addicted and is always in his own mood, I am addicted to pure Love of yours."113 Again he says, “Just like a Yogi in his deep meditation concent the desired goal and experiences the bliss, I have fixed my entire mind on Vitarăga (Lord) which gives me a great peace,”!!!4 But then in one of his poems he directly advises to all the living beings to concentrate on none but the God of the Jains (Jineśvara Bhagavāna), The purity of 113. myrit npora gutt, for t he ait to il mito zani.
काहुके कहे कबही न छुटे, लोक लाज सब डारी,
जैसे अमलि अमल करतसमे, लाग रही ज्यु खुमारी ॥ जिनराज०॥ 114. Hunt ut saga, Han era afy zo |
तैसे आनन्दघन अनुहारी, प्रभुके हुं बलिहारी ॥ जिन० ॥ २ ॥
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