Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [111 of 121]
Chapter 5.8 – Sarvajña (The Omniscience) [10 of 20]
Keeping everything in mind our author gives following reasons for diversity in preaching among omniscient ones [6 of 6]
Haribhadrasūri gives the concluding remark in the latter half of verse 138 of the treatise Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya. He says that though the diversity of sermons is found among omniscient sages, every sermon is essentially rooted in omniscience. It is not the case that different omniscient sages deliver sermon, which is mere an outcome of their own minds. Nothing preached by them is baseless. They have comprehended and digested well the sacred scriptures authored by the omniscient one (i.e., the chief omniscient one), but they preach only that portion of the scriptures which is relevant to the present time and disciples’ capacity. That is to say whether sage Kapila delivers sermon emphasizing substantive stand–point (dravyārthikanaya) and sage Sugata mainly preaches the modal stand–point (paryāyārthikanaya). Their preachings are deeply rooted in the omniscience [i.e., sarvajña] only. Moreover, both the sages may take only one standpoint in sermon but they know the nature of thing from other stand–point (i.e., other than their own) too.
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