Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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indeed a glorious state, but it cannot be coveted; it comes of itself on the accumulation of merit. To direct prescribed penances to the attainment of a transcient goal is, in Jaina terminology, a nidana (6), the very reverse of true devotion. To practise penances with a material end is a sacrilege (7). In the Buddhist tradition, Buddha hood has been considered to be a coveted thing, because herein personal liberation is secondary, the primary mission of the Buddha being the liberation of the world. The implication is that the Jainas have viewed Tirthankarahood as a state, but the Buddhists have viewed Buddha hood as a mission for doing good to others. This relative difference has been the fundamental cause of difference between the two traditions. (For the rest), doing good to others is not wholly undesired in Jainism, nor is the desire for status glorified in Buddhism. The difference thus turns out to be one of presentation.
Notes on Chapter Five
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Based on Trişaşti - salākå-puruşa-caritram, Parva 1, Sarga 6, Slokas 1-52;
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A di-purāņa, Parva 18; and Āvaśyaka Sūtra Niryukti, Malayagiri Vștti, Pp. 232. 2 to 234. 1. Trişaşți-salākā-puruşa-caritram, Parva. 1, Sarga 6, Slokas 370-90. Also Avaśyaka Sūtra as above, 244 to 245.1.
Jataka-atthakatha, Dure Nidana, Pp. 2 to 36. Cf. Nāyā dhammakahão, Adhyayana 8, Sútra 70, imehi ya ņam visāehi ya kāraņehimāseviyabahuli ka ehim titthayara-nāma-goyam kammam nivattimsu tam jaha:
arahanta siddha pa va yana guru thera, bahus sue tabassisum vacchallayā ya tesim abhiksn-nāņovayoge ya 1 damiana viņaya ābassae ya silabbae ņiraiyāram khanalava tava cciyā e veya vacce samāhi ya 2 apubba-ņāņa-gahaņe suyabhatti pavayaņe pabhāvaņaya e-e-him káraņehinh titthayarattaṁ lahai jiyo 3 Bauddh Dharma Darsan, Pp. 181-182; Also Jātak, VOL. I, Pp. 110-113.
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