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SrI:
 
Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

Today , we will study  the  two Paasurams dealing with
Swamy  Desikan's  criticism of the Second of the Four
Matham associated with Buddhism : YogAchAram.

169) Refutation of YogAchAra Matham
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muRRum chahatthil ilathu yenRE pahattiya muttarai nAmm
   suRRum thuRanthu thuRayil ninRE tuhaL-Aakkiya pinn
maRRu onRu ilathu mathi pala uNDenRu vanchanyAl 
   saRRum thuRantha yOgAchAranai sathikkinRanamE 

(Meaning) : One of the four groups of Bhouddham with
the name of MaadhyAthmikan propagated his foolish doctrine 
that every thing is void in this world and cheated the human
beings with his trickery. Earlier , We stood firmly on VedAnthic 
ground and refuted his matham and pulverized his doctrines. Now ,
we refute the doctrines of the second group of Bhouddham
known as YogAchAram , which also tried to enchant the world
with its sophistry. 

YogAchAran's main contention is that Jn~Anam alone
is true. It is of many kinds. Beyond that , there is neither 
the knower nor the vasthus understood by that Jn~Anam.
Since he rejected himself as the knower and the objects
enjoyed by him , he is a forever loser that forefeits even 
the trivial phalans that he is entitled to in this & the other world. 

Dr.SeshAdriyAcchAr sums up this philosophy of YogAchAryan
this way: " Cognitions apprehend their objects as if the objects were 
distinct from the cognitions and as existing externally. Hence , 
the yogAchAran is called " aathma-khyAti vaadin " . 
If the so-called external objects , he says , are spoken of
as being real, it is due to their having only the empirical
reality ( Samvruthi-sathyatA )... As a matter of fact , there 
is neither a separate apprehender  nor even a seperate 
apprehended object . One and the same apprehension 
appears in three forms as apprehender , apprehension and 
apprehended...".

In the next paasuram , Swamy  Desikan says that the two eyes of
YogAchaaran are  KshaNikathvam and NirAkArathvam. 
These are his PramANam and PramEyam. Swamy Desikan
says that he used VedAnthic  arguments to destroy them 
as meaningless babble.
 
170) Establishment of the Universe denied by YogAchAran
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uLak-kathiyai nAmm uLLI uLLam tERi 
   ulahatthAr uhanthu isaya ulahu uNDu yenROm
iLakka arithAhiya nall tarukkam sErntha 
   yezhil maRayil Isanudan yemmaik-kaNDOm
viLakku nirai pOl mathikaL vERAy vERu
   onRu aRiyAthE viLangumena viLambuhinRa 
kaLak-karutthan kaNNIraNDu azhitthOm nANA
   kAham pOl thirinthu avan kathaRumARE

(Meaning ): The doctrine of YogAchAryan is that Jn~Anam is 
born from moment to moment in new forms and ceases to exist 
the next moment(KshaNikatthvam)  .This Jn~Anam will not 
relate to any thing other than itself. Therfore , there are no 
external objects (nirAkArathvam). The successions of the Jn~Anam
that is born every second and dies is considered as AathmA . 
This leads to the inevitable conclusion that AathmA is not eternal.
At the same time , consideration of AathmA as Jn~Anam 
confers its firm presence as a lasting entity (sTiram). Therefore,
there is a fundamental contradiction in YogAchAran's views.
Just as the flames (JwAlAs) emanating from a lamp (Dheepam ) varies 
from moment to moment and yet is the same dheepam that is behind 
these variations in a firm and steady manner to give the  Jn~Anam 
that it is the same Dheepa JwAlai , it is concluded that Aathma is
anithyam and the doctrines of YogAcchAran are incorrect.

YogAchAran negates ChEthanam , achEthanam and Iswaran
using untenable logic. He says that " the knower is false"
and " the known vasthu is false (nonexistent)". Swamy  Desikan
states that he has destroyed  the above two "eyes" of YogAchAra
matham and reduced the status of YogAchaaran as a wailing 
blind man . He compares the YogAcharan's status to that of
the KaakAsuran , who committed unforgivable apachArams to
SithA PirAtti and sought without  success some one to protect him in
all the three worlds and finally lost one of his eyes to the blade of
grass empowered by Lord Raamachandran to serve as BrahmAsthram .
Swamy Desikan says that KakAsuran wailed over loss of one eye ,
where as YogAchAran symbolically lost both his eyes(KshaNikatthvam
and NIrAkAratthvam )  in the debate with him and was wailing over
that unbearable loss. 
  
We will study next Swamy  Deskan's refutation of the third of
the Bhouddha Matham : SouthrAnthikam.

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil Varadachari Sadagopan

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


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