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his hearing of Sūtras of Jaina Āgamia, he began to speak disor. derly as if he were distressed by bilious fever.
On listening to Jamāli, who was talking in-appropriately leaying off all sense of shame, the sthaviras (venerable ascetics) saidO Jamāli ! why do you thus preach a false theory. Tirthankarswho have congueced, raga (love) dvéşa (hotred) and mola ( infatuation)-will never tell a lie and their words are not open to the slighted fault of contradiction The reasoning is this-What you said that-How can an act that is being done during numerous different moments, be said to be done during the moments of the beginning of the act ? is not reasonable because if we say that the act was not done during the first moments, the act will not have been done during the second, third etc mnom. ent as that moment is not specifed.
Besides, what you said that " The accomplishment of the act denoted by the meaning of an object is a characteristic sign of that object' is free from faults as it is attended with a knowledge of the utility of that object. It is in this way :-While doing a certain act if one fs asked during the first moment “What are you doing? he will invariably say that "I am preparing an earthen pot” or that "I am preparing a cloth ". Also, what you said that “If we however believe that the object was created during the first moment, there will evidently arise an anavastha dosa ( a fault of inconstancy) of creating during the re.naining (second, third etc) moment the object already created." is wrong because the various parts of the object are produced in different samayas (moments). Also, the question of the first moment and of the time of of the completion of the act is refuted. Besides also, You said that, One should not accept anything as true because it is preached, but wisemen should only accept anything if it stands to reason." But that is not right. How can anyone expect correct judgment about what is right or wrong in a chadmastha (one without Kévala Jnāna (perfect Knowledge) like yourself in this matter? Bhagavan knowing the true nature of
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