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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA: LIVING BEINGS : 19
CHAPTER 2
LIVING BEINGS
After stating the path of spiritual salvation and generally A making a mention of the seven fundamental verities in the first chapter the venerable author deals with them, in detail, in the chapters that follow. In this chapter he discusses the characteristics of the first fumdamental – Jīva' or the living being'.
Five Volitional Dispositions - • Aupaśamikaksāyikau bhāvau miśrasca jīvasya
svatattvamaudayikapāriņāmikau ca || 1 || Inherent volitional dispositions of any soul are five - 1.
Aupaśamika or subsidential, 2. Ksāyika or destructional (of karına), 3. Ksāyopaśamika / mišra or destructosubsidential / mixed, 4. Audayika or fruitional and Pārinamika or naturally changing. (1)
• Dvinavāstādaśaikavimisatitribhedā yathākramami || These five (volitional dispositions) have two (of subsidential), nine
(of destructional), eighteen (of destructosubsidential), twentyone (of fruitional), and three (of naturaly changing) variations respectively. (2)
Samyaktvacáritre||31|
Samyaktva (Right views) and Caritra (right conduct) (are the two
variations of subsidential volitional disposition). (3)
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