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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CHAPTER FOUR
5. Lesyavisuddhi or the Purity of Soul-colouring :
The rule as to leśya will be elucidated in the next aphorism 23. Here only this much has to be understood that even among those gods who stand on the same footing so far as lesyā is concerned one seated higher has got a purer leśya than one seated lower because the former suffers less from mental perturbation.
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6. Indriya-viṣaya or Object of Sensuous Cognition :
The power of a sense-organ to grasp a desirable object from afar is greater in a higher seated god because he is more copiously equipped with meritorious qualifications and suffers less from mental perturbation.
7. Avadhijñāna-viṣaya or Object of avadhi-cognition :
The power of avadhi-cognition too is greater in a higher seated god. Thus the gods of the first and second heavens are in a position to grasp through avadhi-cognition in the downward direction a region down to ratnaprabhā, in the transverse direction a region one asankhyāta lacs yojanas wide, in the upward direction a region upto their own bhavana; those of the third and fourth heavens are in a position to similarly grasp in the downward direction a region down to Sarkarāprabhā, in the transverse direction a region one asankhyāta lacs yojanas wide, in the upward direction a region upto their own Vimana. Thus gradually increasing it is ultimately found that the gods of the Anuttaravimānas are in a position to grasp through avadhicognition the entire loka of the form of a tunnel. Even among those gods whose area of avadhi-jñāna is equally extensive one seated higher has a purer cognition than one seated lower. 21.
So far as four things are concerned a higher seated gods has less of them than a lower seated one. This as follows:
1. Gati or Movement :
The capacity to undertake activity of the form of movement and actual indulgence in such activity are both found