Agam 30 Mool 03 Uttaradhyayana Sutra Sthanakvasi

SR No.: 002912
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Atmagyan Pith
Total Pages: 652
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Book_English, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_uttaradhyayan
File Size: 21 MB

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३५] तृतीय अध्ययन
सचित्र उत्तराध्ययन सूत्र
CHAPTER 3 FOUR ESSENTIALS
Foreview
This chapter deals with the four essentials (3T) for obtaining salvation. These are(1) Manhood ( मनुष्यत्व ) ( 2 ) Listening to de facto religion ( सद्धर्म श्रवण - श्रुति) (3) Faith-()-firm belief on listened true religion and (4) Endeavour to restrainment ( वीर्य प्रकट करना) to apply full energy and strength.
The preceding chapter 2 described the troubles may occur in ascetic life; while the subject-matter of this chapter has wide span compared to the preceding chapter. Preceding chapter dealt only the ascetic-life-order; while this chapter describes the life-order of all adepts.
If a man being perplexed due to the difficulties, hindrances, calamities of life, accepts the escape tendency, his down-fall is bound to occur. Being helpless he takes birth in lower class
creatures.
Among the four essentials for obtaining salvation, the first one is manhood.
Hellish beings remain regularly oppressed by different types of hazardous agonies and the gods indulged in sensual pleasures. Hence due to extreme agony and extremity of sensual pleasures both of these have no time even to think about religion and religious rituals.
The five-sensed (f) animals and birds having the power of thinking, considering, deciding () if they can get good efficient cause (f) due to their auspicious deeds, then they can practise religious rituals but not to that extent that they may be liberated ones.
Only man is capable to attain liberation. It is not sufficient to take birth in mankind. Some men are lack-sensed, short-live, cruel and of wrong outlook. Therefore manhood or humanity is the first and foremost essential for liberation.
The second is listening the true religion. Many men are full of human qualities; still they take no interest in listening the true religion.
Some human being are also of the type that they do listen the true religion but cannot deposit their faith, firm trust and strong belief in the doctrines of true religion. By listening and studying different creeds, sects and the thoughts of thinkers their faith about true religion
wavers.
That is why said-Faith is very difficult to attain.
If any how faith is attained then the observation of sageness is more difficult due to worldly affairs and many other reasons man could not practise the true religion.
It is ascertained in this chapter that obtainment and truely practising of these four essentials result in the liberation.
There are 20 couplets (TT) in this chapter.