Reality English Translation of Sarvarthasiddhi

SR No.: 001197
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S A Jain
Publisher: Jwalamalini Trust Chennai
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 334
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 20 MB

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VIOLATIONS OF PURPOSELESS SIN, CONCENTRATION, ETC. 211
keeping too many consumable and non-consumable objects, are the five transgressions of the vow of desisting from unnecessary sin.
Employing vulgar language mixed with laughter out of excessive attachment is the first transgression. The same accompanied by undesirable gesticulation is the second. Indulging in meaningless and unrestrained talk out of arrogance is the third. Indulging in too much action without considering the object is the fourth. Accumulation of consumable and nonconsumable things beyond one's needs is the fifth. These are the five transgressions of the vow of refraining from purposeless sin,
योगदुष्प्रणिधानानादरस्मृत्यनुपस्थानानि Yogadușpranidhānānādarasmrtyanupasthānāni (33) 33. Misdirected threefold activity, lack of earnestness and fluctuation of thought are the five transgressions of concentration.
Activity has been explained as of three kinds. Action tending to evil is also of three kinds, vicious bodily activity, vicious speech-activity and vicious mental activity. Lack of earnestness and fluctuation of thought are the other two. These five are the transgressions of the vow of concentration. अप्रत्यवेक्षिताप्रमार्जितोत्सर्गादानसंस्तरोपक्रमणानादरस्मृत्यनुपस्थानानि
| 38 11 Apratyavekṣitā pramārjitotsargādānasamstaropakramaņānādarasmặtyanupasthānāni
(34) 34. Excreting, handling sandal-wood paste, flowers, etc., and spreading mats and garments without inspecting and cleaning the place and the materials, lack of earnestness and lack of concentration.
Seeing carefully whether organisms are present or not is the function of the eyes. Cleaning is removing anything with soft implements. These two attributes are taken with utsarga and so on. Excreting waste matter from the system in a place without inspecting and cleaning it, taking materials such as sandal-wood paste, flowers, incense, etc. intended for the worship of the Lord (Arhat) and the Preceptor, and cloth etc. for