Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [69 of 121]
Chapter 5.4 – The Fallacious argument (kutarka) [25 of 32]
An advice of Haribhadrasūri [3 of 10]
From the niścaya nāya (real point of view)[1] all omniscients are equal [1 of 8]
Haribhadrasūri has stated that though the omniscients are different personalities possessing different names etc., they all are one from real stand point.[2] Therefore they do not have expressed divergent opinions regarding reality in their respective scriptures. It is but a delusion on the part of their devotees who hold in special reverence one or another from among the omniscient ones to discriminate between them.[3]
Upādhyāya Yaśovijaya states the following lines in the present context in his treatise Dvātriṃśad–dvātriṃśikā.
The lines are:
tattvataḥ śāstrabhodaśca na śāstṛṇāmabhedataḥ |
mohastadadhimuktīnāṃ tadbhedā''śrayaṇaṃ tataḥ ||23.114||
Translation:
In a real sense no difference exists among the scriptural texts because their composers are not essentially different. Therefore, the sense of discrimination held by those who have high regard for the composers of scriptural text is delusion on part of former ones.
[next part… → … https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/13157/yogad%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADisamuccaya-by-haribhadra-suri]
[1] For details on the different viewpoints Niścaya nāya (the real viewpoint), vyavahāra nāya, etc., see
‘Saṁvara [part 2657]’ note 1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1768200323238224/?comment_id=1768215419903381.
[2] sarvajño nāma yaḥ kaścit, pāramāthika eva hi |
sa eka eva sarvatra, vyaktibhede'pi tattvataḥ ||103||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya.
[3] na tattvato bhinnamatāḥ, sarvajñā bahavo yataḥ |
mohastadadhimuktīnāṃ, tadbhedāśraṇaṃ tataḥ ||102||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya.