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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
Person. When, however, it has been admitted that they do procoed under His supervision, then why should not they be regarded as taught by Him? - (3611)
"there would be
It has been argued, under the same Text 3244, that no confidence in these Teachings".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (3612-3619). BEING DEVOID OF TEACHINGS OF MIXED CHARAOTER AND THOSE OF
slaughter AND SUCH OTHER EVIL THINGS, HOW COULD THESE TEACHINGS BE THE WORK OF SPORTIVE GOBLINS AND OTHERS? IN THEM, THERE IS NO TEACHING OF MIXED CHARACTER; NOR OT SLAUGHTER AND OTHER EVIL THINGS, WHICH ALONE COULD BE THE WORK OF SPORTIVE GOBLINS AND OTHERS.- ALL THAT LIES WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE TWO MEANS OR FORMS OF RIGHT COGNITION IS IN STRICT ACOORD WITH THESE; AND NOTHING OF THE SLIGHTEST THING CONTRARY TO THEM IS VOUCHED FOR BY THE TWO MEANS OF COGNITION. EVEN IN REGARD TO ABSOLUTELY SUPERSENSUOUS THINGS, THE SAID TEACHING IS NOT ANNULLED BY ANYTHING PAST OR FUTURE; IT PROMPTS THE MANIFESTATIONS OF SUCH QUALITIES AS COMPASSION AND THE LIKE; IT IS ENDOWED WITH ALL FORMS, EXPOUNDS RIGHT BEHAVIOUR; IT IS CONDUCIVE TO VARIOUS FORMS OF WELFARE HERE AND ELSEWHERE; IT TEACHES THE ANTIDOTE TO ALL KINDS OF Love, HATRED AND THE REST; IT OPENS THE GATE TO THE CITY OF Nirvana.-IF SUCH TEACHING COULD BE THE WORK OF PLAYFUL PERSONS OR DEMONS, THEN THESE SAME MAY BE THE 'ENLIGHTENED BEINGS', AS FULFILLING ALL THE CONDITIONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT'! MERELY BY GIVING A DIFFERENT NAME TO A THING, ITS REAL FORM DOES NOT BECOME ALTERED. IN FACT, IF A MAN WERE TO CALL THE cultured 'UNCULTURED',-HE HIMSELY WOULD BE SUBJEOT TO THE DERISION OF ALL GOOD PEOPLE,(3612-3619)
COMMENTARY
If there wore teaching of dancing, music, slaughter, inoast and such things--as to be done,--then, in as much there would be found the work of playful goblins and such persons, it might come within the range of possibility to think of it as the work of these persons; as a matter of fact, however, the words of the Blessed Lord are found to be not incompatible with any forms of right cognition,-free from self-contradictions,-fit for noble people, prompting men to Compassion and other such qualities,-conducive to the attainment of Heaven and Final Liberation all this has been fully explained before. How could such teaching be the work of playful goblins ? -If you apply the name goblin' to men also, you may do so; but mere nam
