Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 034448
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers
Publication Year: 2018
Total Pages: 500
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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Tattvārthasūtra
Stoppage (samvara) is affected by control - gupti, carefulness – samiti, virtue - dharma, contemplation - anuprekṣā, conquest by endurance – parīşahajaya, and conduct - cāritra.
That by which the soul is protected from the causes of transmigration is control - gupti. Careful movement in order to avoid injury to organisms is regulation or carefulness-samiti. That which takes one to the desired goal is virtue - dharma. Meditating on the nature of the body, and so on, is contemplation - anuprekşā. To bear with the sufferings of hunger, etc., for the sake of dissociation of karmas is endurance. Conquest by patient endurance is parīşahajaya. Conduct - căritra - has been explained in the first sūtra. These, gupti, etc., are most helpful in stoppage (samvara), therefore, these are mentioned as instrumental causes. This is the section on stoppage (samvara). Still the pronoun 'sah'- 'it'- is used in order to indicate direct association of stoppage (samvara) with gupti, etc. What is its purpose? It is intended for determination. That is, stoppage can be achieved only by gupti, etc., and not by any other means. Thus, activities such as pilgrimage to holy places, bathing in holy waters, initiation in offering the head as an oblation, and the worship of deities in order to win favours, are precluded. The karmas acquired on account of attachment (rāga), aversion (dveşa) and delusion (moha) cannot be got rid of by any other way.
A potent cause of stoppage (samvara) and dissociation (nirjarā) is mentioned next.
Huht Auft z 113.11
[तपसा ] तप से [ निर्जरा च] निर्जरा होती है और संवर भी होता है।
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