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SrI:

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

Today , we will study  the  two Paasurams dealing with
Swamy  Desikan's  criticism of the MaadhyAmika Matham .

Before we proceed with the study of the meaning of the Paasurams
realted to the refutation of the doctrines of the four sects of Bhouddha
Matham , it would be useful to have an overview of this matham
as elaborated in SarvArTa Siddhi of Swamy  Desikan . The excerpts from
the Doctoral thesis of Dr.V.N.SeshAdhriyAcchAr about SarvArTa Siddhi  is :

" There are four schools of Buddhism: VaibhAshika , Sautraanika ,
YogAchAra and Maadhyamika.They have some common points:
(1) all entities are impermanent , transitory and in a continous state of
change (2) apart from the flow of cognitions , there is no soul or
Aathman as the seat of cognition or consciousness.

Coming to The School of Budhdism of Maadhyamika , it has close
relationship with the school of nihilists of western  philosophy in denying
the real existence of every thing  seen within and around us....
The MaadhyAmikas deny the reality of everything in  the universe.
Even consciousness or intellect (chaitanya) is considered unreal .
Nothing comes into existence nor perishes. Like other schools of
Buddhism , MaadhyAmikas hold that things are momentary...
There is a close relationship to Advaitham among the doctrines of
MaadhyAmikam (Samvruthi in MaadhyAmikam is the same as
the term avidhya in advaitham).Adhvaithin holds every thing except
Brahman is unreal and the appearance of thing as existing is due to the
superimposition on the basis (adhishtAna) , namely , Brahman which alone
is real as per his (adhvaitin's) contention , MaadhyAmika finds no purpose
in holding even that Brahman as real to serve as basis (adhishtAna) for the
superimposition and maintains that no cognition requires a basis.The
MaadhyAmika asks: " What harm would arise if Brahman alone is denied reality
? .
The  MaadhyAmika does not  accept the authority of Vedam
and has no scruples in denying the need for a real basis (adhishtAna) for
unreality. Thus, MaadhyAmikan  denies the existence of Brahman
and is an atheist.

Swamy  Desikan refuted soundly the MaadhyAmika's views , which
seek to prove the void of the universe as opposed to the reality of
the universe. "

167) Criticism of the  MaadhyAmika Matham
************************************
kANa(tha)thu ilathu yenuumkalviyinArai kaDinthathaRppin
    kONAr kutharkkangaL koNDE kuzhappum bhavuttharhaLil
nANAthu anaitthum ilathu yenRum nAlvahai anRu yenRum
    VaazhnAL aRukkinRa matthimatthAn vazhi mARRuvamE

(Meaning): One of the four sishyAs of Bhuddha is Maadhyamikan,
who developed the doctrine : "Sarvam Soonyam " (all is void )
and without hesitation declares that there are no Tatthvams. He was
the most favored sishyan of Buddha. It is generally accepted that there
are four kinds of vasthus in the Prapancham (universe):

(1) Sath (Truly existing ) , (2) asath (nonexistent ) , (3) Sathasath
( Mixture of true and untrue ) and (4) sathasath vilakshaNam
( one which is neither Sath or asath).

Maadhyamikan holds that the Universe can not be classified as
any one of the above four kinds. He denies the existence of
Iswaran and the vasthus of the universe belonging to Him and therefore
loses the fruits obtained through the grace of Iswaran . In this context ,
MaadhyAmikan is like the women , who hates her living husband and
cuts her MangaLa Soothram and throws it away. Swamy  Desikan
says that He refutes MaadhyAmikam as the First of the four Buddhistic
systems in the 7th adhikAram of his Para Matha Bhangam.

168) Protecting the world from being stolen/deluded  by MaadhyAmikAs
*******************************************************
mAnam ilai mEyam ilai yenRu maRROr
   Vaadha neRi ilai yenRum vaathu pooNDa
thAnumilai tannurayum poruLm ilai
   tatthuvathtin uNartthi sayam illai yenRum
vAnavarum mAnavarum manamum veLha
  vaLam pEsu mathkEdan MatthimatthAn
tEna neRi koNDu anaitthum thiruDA vaNNam
  sezhumathi pOl yezhum mathiyAR-semitthOmE

(Meaning ): MaadhyAmikan's doctrine is that all is
soonyam (void). In his matham , there is no pramANam
to comprehend the different vasthus. There is no debating
method . He is not there for engaging in debate. There is
no vaakyam uttered by him and no meaning for those vAkyams.
There is no Tathtva Jn~Anam . There is no victory in debates.
Inview of these strange  aspects of his matham , the DevAs and
humans laugh at his doctrines and his own mind also chuckles
about his stupidity . We (Swamy  Desikan ) refuted these
strange doctrines of MaadhyAmikan , which makes every thing void
and denies the existence of Iswaran and His sentient and insentient
universe.

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil Varadachari Sadagopan

SrImate SrI Lakshminrusimha PaadhukA sEvaka
SrI Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa SrIman NaarAyaNa YathIndhra
MahA DesikAya Nama:


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