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INTRODUCTION
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cessation of pain. Now the four systems Nyāya, Vaiseșika,2 Yoga and Buddhist are of view that besides cessation of pain there is no positive factor whatsoever in mokşa; hence on their view if there at all be present some sort of pleasure in moksa it cannot be something positive but something just of the form of that cessation of pain itself. On the other hand, the Jaina system-just like the Vedāntā system-maintains that the state of mokṣa is not a state of mere cessation of pain but that there is present in moksa an independent something of the form of a natural pleasure born independently of all object; nay, the Jaina system posits in moksa not only the manifestation of pleasure but also that of certain other natural qualities like cognition etc., a position not in accord with the line of thinking adopted by the other systems. As for the place where mokṣa is to be realized the Jaina view is utterly singular. Since the Buddhist system does not clearly provide room for an independent verity of the form of soul there is altogether no scope for the hope that it should consider the question related to the place where moksa is to be realized. As for the entire lot of the old Vedicist systems, since they view soul as something ubiquitous they too can in no way conceive of a separate place where moksa is to be realized. But the Jaina system posits soul in the form of an independent verity and yet does not view soul as something ubiquitous; so it is bound to consider the question as to where moksa is to be realized and it has actually considered it. Thus towards the close of Tattvārtha Vācaka Umāsvāti says, “The emancipated souls, having got rid of each type of body, move upwards ultimately to get seated at the end-part of loka and they stay there for ever."
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4. The Commentaries on Tattvārtha
In connection with its sectarian commentaries Tattvārthadhigama-sūtra stands comparison with Brahmasūtra. Just as numerous masters holding utterly different views on so many
1. See 1.1.22. 2. See 5.2.18.
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| SR No. | 006796 |
| Book Title | Tattvartha Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit |
| Publisher | L D Indology Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 2000 |
| Total Pages | 596 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth |
| File Size | 10 MB |