Jainism Some Essays

Author(s): A S Gopani
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Šūnyavāda which made the gradual progress and growth of intelligence to its final degree, its avowed aim and object. Inspite of the fact that Middle Way was at the centre in the theory of cultivation of supreme intelligence even, the freedom which the Bauddha ācāryas took on the large canvas stratching from Hinayāna to Mahāyāna so for as the philosophical speculation is concerned is an unparalleled example of Prajñāmārga in the history of Bhāratiya philosophical systems. It is equally clear that the Jaina Ācāryas never enjoyed such a license and this proves our former conclusion that the goal of the Jainism is a conquest of passions and not the cultivation of supreme intelligence as that of Buddhism.
(Prabuddha Jivan, 15-5-58, 1-6-58. Translated by Dr. A.S. Gopani]