Lecture On Jainism

Author(s): Lala Banarasidas
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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( 28 ) Brahınans, the followers of Sangaya, the Paribbagaka (wandering ascetic). They went to Buddha in spite of the remonstrances of Sangaya and became his disciples. Thus Mogglayana being a disciple of a disciple of Parshva Nath according to Dharma Pariksha, chis Sangaya the preceptor of Mugglayana, must have been a Jain, and must have belonged to the party of Parshva Nach like Keshi. And since Mogglayana was an enemical contemporary of Mahavira and he was also a disciple of Buddha himself, Mahavira and Buddha must have been contemporaries. It would, however, seem that according to the above two Jain Shastras and Shrenika Charitra, Buddha had already coinmenced to preach his new doctrines before Mahavira's Arlatship began.
As we know that Mogglayana was never the founder of Buddhism, the Shloka in Dharma Pariksha must be taken to mean that Mogglayana helped Buddha more than others in scattering his doctrines, a view which is comfirmed by Buddhistic works, Mogg'ayana and Sari Putta being the two leading disciples of Buddha.
Let us now trace the antiquity of the Jains furAntiquity of the ther. Let us now see if Jainism is Juins further a product of Brahmanism, and if it was started by the Swami Parshva Nath. This is the opinion of some scholars like Colebrooke, Buhler, and Jacobi. We are grateful to some of these scholars. We are specially grateful to Bühler and Jacobi. We are thankful to them for the wonderful discovery they have recently made, but at the same time we are