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EXAMINATION INTO THE TRUE TEACHING - JENS W BOR...

Being adherents of but one of the many religious and philosophical traditions that evolved on
the Indian subcontinent  the Jains have necessarily had to find various ways in which to
coexist and compete in the pluralistic Indian environment. Examination into the True Teaching
by Jens W. Borgland focuses on one such way or strategy - namely that of philosophical debate
and polemics - by translating and studying the Satyas a sanapari ks a (Examination into the
true teaching)  a 10th century doxography written by Vidyanandin  one of the foremost Digambara
Jain philosophers of the time.The text  as it has come down to us  presents and refutes twelve
Indian philosophical teachings or schools - the most important of which are Sautra ntika and
Yoga ca ra Buddhism  Nya ya-Vais es ika  Advaita Vedanta  Mi ma m sa   Sa m khya and Ca rva ka
- with the aim of establishing the superior status of Jain philosophy as the one and only 'true
teaching.' It thus offers us a window into the philosophical debates of the period from the
perspective of a Digambara Jain philosopher.

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