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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STOPPAGE OF KARMAS IN DIFFERENT STAGES
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force tending to infernal state of existence, a hot body (body emitting a warm splendour), a body possessing one sense only, & subtle body, an undeveloped body and a common body.
Non-restraint is of three kinds—the rise of passions leading to endless mundane existence, the rise of passions hindering partial restraint, and the rise of passions hindering complete self-discipline. The influx of karmas caused by these passions is stopped in their absence. It is as follows. Deep sleep, deep Blumber, somnambulism, anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed (leading to an endless series of worldly existence), the female sex, animal age, animal state of existence, the middle four types of structure of the body, the (middle) four types of joining, the transmigrating force tending to the animal state of existence, cold lustre, awkward motion, causing apathy, illsounding voice, dull appearance (lustreless body) and low family surroundings. These karmas, the influx of which is caused mostly by non-restraint arising from the passions of endless series, bind one-sensed beings etc., up to the end of the second stage of spiritual development. Owing to the absence of this non-restraint in the higher stages of spiritual development, there is stoppage of these karmas in those stages, that is from the third stage of 'Mixed Right and Wrong Belief (samyagmithyādssti). Ten karmas flow into the soul primarily on account of non-restraint caused by the rise of passions hindering partial restraint. These are anger, pride, deceitfulness and groed (hindering even partial self-discipline), human age, human state of existence, physical body, the chief and secondary parts of the physical body, excellent joining and the transmigrating force tending to human birth. These bind one-sensed beings etc. up to the end of the fourth stage of spiritual development, namely 'Vowless Right Belief' (asanyatasamyagdȚşti). Owing to its absence (viz, non-restraint of this type) there is stoppage of these karmas in the higher stages. In the third stage of mixed belief there is no binding of age-determining karma. That is the only peculiarity. The anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed (hindering complete self-discipline) bind one-sensed beings eto. up to the end of the fifth stage of 'Partial Vows'