Notion of Growth

SR No.: 006735
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Kuhn
Publisher: Crosswind Publishing Germany
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 8 MB

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The Beginning
THE NOTION OF GROWTH
pray in any form for their (the gods) blessing. The Jains further have no desire to convert mankind into blind-believing devotees to let their lives revolve around some luminous spiritual magnet.
Jaina philosophy provides everyone who is interested with an instrument, a method, that enables him to realize the highest status of his own potential, - a potential that possesses such breathtaking depth and broadness (in love, knowledge, power, abilities and the experience of happiness) our Western culture has no concept to match.
The Tattvarthasutra contains a practical key that systematically leads to more comprehensive understanding and superior states of consciousness. This key is not shrouded in obscure language nor demands the application of mystic techniques, it simply interprets life from a new angle. Yet this new angle enables us to arrange the components of our daily life in a way that will automatically produce the expansive experiences mentioned above.
Those who put this method into practice, set out onto a path to total self-determination and the attainment of capabilities generally attributed only to supernatural beings. Yet this high aim is not reached by the blessings of any god, the attendance to mystic powers or by subordination to any guru. The method of the Tattvarthasutra causes - in step with our own efforts - the gradual dissolution of obstructions that limit our consciousness. In this process of growing self-determination our individual path to further comprehensive understanding becomes more and more clear to us. The Tattvarthasutra describes exactly how this can be achieved,