Studies in Haribhadrasuri

Author(s): N M Kansara, G C Tripathi
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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Studies in Haribhadrasūri parallelism is, however, to be understood very cautiously. The eight drstis mentioned by Vasubandhu are the five classical drstis, viz., Sathāya-drsti, Anta-grāha-dęsti, Mithyā-drsti, drstiparāmarśa, Saiksī-drsti, and A-saikṣī-drsti.
Of the above-mentioned eight drstis of the Buddhists, the five classical ones are lumped together in the Ogha-drsti by Haribhadra. The Laukikī Samyag-drsti of Vasubandhu is analysed by him as the first four drstis, viz., Mitrā, Tarā, Balā, and Diprā. Similarly, the Saiksī-drsti of Vasubandhu is analysed in the YDS as Sthirā, Kāntā and Prabhā that obviously correspond to Srotāpatti, Saksdāgamin and An-āgamin comprised by the Sạikșidrsti. It is interesting to note in this connection that the drsti called Prabhā has been identified as An-āgami-pada, which finally confirms our conjecture about Haribhadra's indebtedness to Vasubandhu. The last drsti called Parā is identical with Asaiksī-drsti that leads to Arhattva. It should be further noted that Vasubandhu has explained the gradual clarity of the eight drstis by means of the similes of Samegha-rātri, A-megh-rātri, Samegha-divā and A-megha-divā, almost exactly as Haribhadra has done. In the description given by Vasubandhu, the Klistalaukikī-drsti is like the vision in a cloudy night, the A-klistalaukiki-drsti (also called Laukikī-samyag-drsti) is like the vision in a cloudless night, the Saiksī-drsti is like the vision in a cloudy day, and the A-saiksī-drsti is like the vision in a cloudless day. This is expressed by Vasubandhu as follows:
Sa-meghāmegha-rātrindiva-rūpa-darśana-vat/ klistāklista-laukikī-baikșikyasaiksībhir drstibhir dharmadarśanam. (AKBh., I. 41)
In this connection it will not be out of place to mention that there is a very close affinity between the fourteen stages of spiritual development (guna-sthāna) of Jainism and the eight stages of Mārga and Phala in Buddhism. There is a gradual elimination of wrong notions and passions in both the systems. At the stage of Srota-āpatti, Mārga and Phala, all the wrong