Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
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

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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
The definition of Samyak-darśana :
The inclination towards validity determining the nature of things is samyak-darśana. 2
The causes of the origination of samyak-darśana :
That (i.e. samyak-darśana) originates either by nature, that is, in the automatic course of affairs--or through attainment—that is, through external means like instruction etc. 3
The inclination towards validly cognizing the nature of the things of the world might be the result of a worldly ambition or of a spiritual one. That curiosity to cognize the nature of things which is aimed at fulfilling a worldly passion like wealth, honour, etc. is not samyak-darśana, for that brings about not mokṣa but an entanglement in worldliness. On the other hand, that inclination towards determining the nature of things which is aimed at sheer spiritual satisfaction, spiritual development is verily samyakdarśana.
The Definitive and Practical Standpoints Differentiated
That qualitative transformation of a soul-resulting from spiritual development—which is of the form of an inclination towards validly cognising all that is cognizable, renouncing what is worthy of rejection, taking up what is worthy of acceptance is samyak-darśana as viewed from the definitive standpoint. On the other hand, the faith in things religious resulting from the inclination in question is samyaktva (=samyak-darśana) as viewed from the practical standpoint.
The Distinguishing Marks of Samyaktva (=Samyak-darśana)
The distinguishing marks of samyak-darśana are understood to be five viz. praśama or spiritual calmness, samvega or spiritual agitation, nirveda or spiritual detachment, anukampā or compassion, āstikya or religiosity etc. Here (i) the calming down of the vices like wrong insistence etc. that result from a misplaced partisanship of philosophical views--that is praśama; (ii) the fear