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tactics. For example, the followers of Addvait Brahma (monists) by believing all to be one Brahma, the followers of Sankhya by believing the self to be a purely non-doer by treating whole of the functioning to be the act of Prakriti (nature) and the followers of Shiva by believing the fulfillment of objectives by knowledge of Tattvas only, the followere of Meemansaka by believing religion in passional concuct, the followers of Buddha by believing everything momentary, the Charvakas by not believing in the continuance of life after death - all these foster the propensity of living unrestrained in the sensuous pleasures through indulgence in passional acts. Although at some places, they support the viewpoint of reducing passions also but under that pretext they foster some other kind of passions. They advise people to leave householder's state and engage in the invocation of God by quitting householder's state and foster their sensuous pleasures under the garb of God's characteristics to be Saraagi, i.e., full of passions, whereas in Jaina religion only Veetaraagata i.e., passionlessness and attachmentlessness alone is fostered by specifying the characteristics of the omniscient God, preceptor and religion to be Veetaraaga passionless, i.e., free from all sorts of passions, attachment-aversion feelings; so, this is an established fact.
Not only we say, even Bhatrihari - a non-Jain monk (poet) has described in context with renunciation as under :
"एको रागिषु राजते प्रियतमादेहार्द्धधारी हरो, नीरागेषु जिनो विमुक्त ललनासंगो न यस्मात्परः । दुर्वारस्मरवाण पन्नगविष व्यासक्त मुग्धोजन :, 219: 14 fastant fe facer HIGH HIGH : 111111
[Amongst passionate persons, Shiva is unique, sharing half his body with his beloved and again amongst the dispassionate, Jina the conqueror is unique who is totally unattached to the company of women and none is superior to him, while the rest of mankind smitten and stupefied by the irresistible, serpent-like poisoned arrows of cupid and being overpowered by intense feeling of sex can neither enjoy their desires nor renounce them at will.]
In this verse, amongst Saraagis (passionates) Mahadeva has been found to be supreme and amongst Veetaraagis (dispassionates)
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