Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth

SR No.: 006521
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1981
Total Pages: 472
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_acharang
File Size: 17 MB

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३. समयं लोगस्स जाणित्ता, एत्थ सत्थोवरए ।
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Know that ignorance1 in this world is baneful.
४. जस्सिमे सद्दा य रूवा य गंधा य रसाय फासा य अभिसमन्नागया भवंति से आयवं नाणवं वेयवं धम्मवं बंभवं ।
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Samayam logassa jāņittā, ettha satthovarae.
"All souls are equal".--One should perceive this and abstain from violence to the entire animate world:
Jassime sadda ya rūva ya gandha ya rasa ya phāsā ya abhisamannāgaya bhavamti, se ayavam nāṇavam veyavam dhammavam bambhavam.
One who thoroughly knows these sound, colour, smell, taste, and touch (i. e. does not have attachment or aversion to them) is one who is in possession of the Self, Knowledge, Scriptures, Piety and the Supreme Reality.
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ANNOTATION 4. According to the Curni, this aphorism is translated thus: "One who thoroughly knows these sound, colour, smell, taste, and touch (i. e., does not have attachment or aversion to them) is one who knows the Self, Knowledge, Scriptures, Piety and the Supreme Reality.
Attachment to sound, colour, taste, smell and touch obstructs the realisation of the soul. One attached to them is the same as one who does not possess the soul while one who is not attached to them is the same as one who is in possession of the soul. One who is in possession of the Self gains possession of Knowledge, Scripture, Piety as well as the Supreme Reality is in possession of every thing. One who knows the soul knows knowledge, scriptures, piety as well as the Supreme Reality knows every
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Ignorance is the translation of the world dukkham which literally means misery or suffering. As ignorance is the cause of misery, the author has used the word misery in lieu of ignorance. According to the Curni the cause of misery is karma. That is why he bas interpreted dukkham as karma. But ignorance is due to the Jhanavarana karma (i.e. the karma, obscuring knowledge). Hence, in the present context dukkham can be translated as ignorance.