________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha rule, destroys the heap of delusion (moha). Acarya Visuddhasagara takes great delight in delivering his discourses (pravacana). He believes that the subject matter of the discourse (pravacana) of every ascetic should only be the Scripture (agama), nothing else. Although individuals looking for quick-fix solutions to their worldly woes through popular, but unproven, means including palmistry Gjyotisa), sacred-utterances (mantra), and mystical-rituals (tantra) may find his discourses (pravacana) unfathomable, but the worthy listeners who long for lasting and true happiness - an attribute of the own-soul (atmasvabhava) - find these extremely helpful and illuminating. Acarya Visuddhasagara has mastered the science-of-throught (nyaya), and his grip on complex concepts of Jaina metaphysics including anekantavada and syadvada is amazing. In his discourses (pravacana), he is able to shatter the absolutist (ekanta) views - called durnaya or faulty points-of-view - of the wrong-believers (mithyadrsti) with the sharp sword of 'syaduada'. His discourses are rid of these eight faults1 associated with the absolutist (ekanta) views-durnaya: 1. Hicht - sankara - To assume that one substance can become the other substance. "The soul is the body.' 2. gracht - vyatikara - To transmute the specific quality of one substance to the other substance. 'I've heard it with my own eyes.' 3. Faites - virodha - To accept the quality in a substance that is opposite to its nature. "The matter (pudgala) has consciousness (cetana).' 4. deferch UT - vaiyadhikarana - To assume that opposing attributes can persist in a substance at one and the same time. "The water in the lake is hot and cold.' 5. 3790 FT - anavastha - To make a never-ending assumption. 'Everything must have a creator; God is the creator of the world.' Then, who is the creator of God? This goes on ad infinitum. 6. HT-samsaya - To have doubt over the nature of the object. 'It 1 See Acarya Devasena's Alapapaddhati, verse 8, sutra 127, p. 158-159. XLVIII
