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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [172]

    Alexander Zeugin
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    Gātha 171

     

    A substance, at any time, exhibits contradictory attributes of affirmation (tat, vidhi – existence) as well as of negation (atat, niṣedha – non-existence), depending on the point-of-view. All substances, thus, are eternal. This way, the man, well-versed in the Scripture, should reflect on the world that is without a beginning and an end.

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
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        Note 1:

        EXPLANATORY NOTE

         

        Ācārya Samantabhadra, in adoration of Lord Suvidhinātha (the ninth Tīrthaṅkara), makes the same assertion.

         

        Ācārya Samantabhadra’s Svayambhūstotra:

         

        O Lord Suvidhinātha! With the light of your omniscience you had promulgated the nature of reality in a manner which contradicts the absolutistic point-of-view, well-founded, and incorporates the principle of predication involving both the affirmation and the negation, depending on the point-of-view. Others have not been able to view the nature of reality in such light.

         

         

        More details on Suvidhinātha are given in SUVIDHINĀTHACARITRA, quoted in

         

        ‘Saṁvara [part 2463-2506]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1751590751565848.

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