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Reals in the Jaina Metaphysics
agree with the Mimāṁsaka's in admitting the inexorableness of the law of Karma and repudiating the creatorship or governorship of Išvara, they do not like to be looked upon as atheists like the latter. In the theistic schools of the Vedic philosophy, besides the creation of the world, another matter is ascribed to God. The Veda's are the source of Dharma i.e. knowledge of duty and God is said to be the author or the revealer of the Vedas. Accordingly God is the Seer of the Dharma and the first Teacher. While proving the omniscience and the omnipotence of Brahma Haca trastfarai' far i'Śamkara quotes from the Śruti. 3154 HETT Hafa farsafhaaa' and says that the Veda's and the scriptures have like breath emerged from the Great Being 'the īśvara' or 'Brahma’. In describing the infallibility of the Veda's, the author of the Nyāya Sūtra's says,
SITATEATTET HTOUTE'--1181&Cl Farag ! The infallibility of the Vedas is due to the infallibility of
the Āpta. Here the word, Āpta refers to the Veda-reciter agz'. Iśvara who is, 'ATETEaaf' i.e. direct knower of the Dharma and a faithful teacher of what he knows,
'यथादृष्टस्यार्थस्य चिख्यापयिषयाप्रयुक्त उपदेष्टा' । Kaņada also has referred to the teachership of God in the very same manner,
'तद्वचनादाम्नायस्य प्रामाण्यम्'-- ।२।२।३ वैशेषिकसूत्रम् । Amnāya or the Veda's are the words of God. Their infallibility arises from the infallibility of God.
With reference to the teachership of God, the author of the Yoga-Sūtra's has said, - 'स पूर्वेषामपि गुरू: कालेनानवच्छेदात् ।' योगसूत्रम्-समाधिपाद: २६ That beginningless Being is the teacher even of the early teachers (e.g. Brahmā).
JAINA THEORY OF THE TEACHERSHIP OF GOD, THE TIRTHAMKARA
Although the Jaina's do not admit an Iśvara who is the
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