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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Answer: No, they do possess manas but only of the bhava
Question: But then all the souls turn out to be possessed of manas. Why then declare some of them to be possessed of manas and the rest to be devoid of it?
TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
Answer: In that connection what is had in mind is dravya-manas. Just as an extremely old man, even if possessed of legs and of the capacity to move about, cannot move about without the assistance of a stick, similarly bhāva-manas cannot undertake clear reflection without the assistance of dravya-manas. Thus assigning prominence to dravya-manas and keeping in mind the presence or otherwise of this type of manas the souls are divided into those possessed of manas and those devoid of it.
Question: Is not it the case that the second twofold division is meant to suggest that all the mobile souls are possessed of manas, while all the static ones are devoid of it?
Answer: No. Among the mobile souls too it is only some-not all-that are possessed of manas; as for the static souls, they are all devoid of manas. 11, 12.
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The type static is subdivided into the earth-bodied, the water-bodied, the plant-bodied souls; the type mobile is divided into the fire-bodied and air-bodied souls on the one hand and the two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed and five-sensed souls on the other.
Question: What is meant by a mobile soul and by a static
Answer: The soul in which there is a manifestation of the karma type designated trasa-nāma is a trasa or mobile soul, that in which there is a manifestation of the karma type designated sthāvara-nāma is a sthāvara or static soul.
Question: How to recognize the state characterized by a manifestation of the karma type trasa-nāma and that characterized by a manifestation of the karma type sthāvara-nāma.
Answer: The clear-cut exhibition and otherwise of a