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Omniscience : Its Two Aspects
We witness the bygone from either of the two anglesapprobation and reprobation Both angles render an individual comprehensible
Lord Mahavira has been observed from both the angles There has been none who projected himself in either manner only viz exclusively commendably or reprehensibly Jain works lionize him while Buddhist works explore lacuna in his career Neither displays an objective attitude which both were supposed to maintain Vedic literature omits to mention him in either manner It is a big enigma for the historian why It is so
Lord Mahavira and Lord Buddha both fall in the shramana tradition Notwithstanding their dissimilarities, they evince ample similarities A perusal of the respective works of the two schools reveals a rivalry between them Jain canonical literature steers clear of Lord Buddha's reprobation Buddhistic canonical literature on the otherhand severely criticizes Mahavira, to the extent of casting aspersions Buddha would not endorse such a conduct, a great spiritualist as he was It is a sad communtary on the mentality of the authors themselves Jain system had gathered momentum then and consequently they found it unnecessary to reprehend Buddhists It is a psychological fact that it is the weak who resort to accusing the strong rather than otherwise
