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
pertaining to sāmparāyika karma-has got for its types avrata, kasāya, indriya and kriyā which are respectively 5, 4, 5 and 25 in number 6.
The causes that lead to the bondage of samparāyika karma are called asravas pertaining to sāmparāyika karma. Such āsravas can possibly be found only in the souls possessed of kasāyas. The types of asrava enumerated in the present aphorism are certainly cases of asrava pertaining to sāmparāyika karma, for they are all rooted in passions.
Violence, untruth, theft, incontinence and acquisitivenessthese are five avratas which are described in the chapter seven, aphorisms 8-12. Anger, pride, deceit and greed—these are four kasāyas whose specific nature is delineated in the chapter eight, aphorism 10. The five indriyas like tactile etc. have already been described in the chapter two, aphorism 20. In the present context indriya means the operation of an indriya actuated by attachment and aversion for the mere presence of an indriya is no cause of karmic bondage, nor such an operation of indriyas as is free from attachment and aversion.
The 25 kriyās are named and defined as follows:
I (1) Samyaktvakriyā—kriyā which being of the form of homage paid to a deity, a preceptor or a scriptural text nourishes samyaktva.
(2) Mithyātvakriyā—kriyā which is of the form of homage paid to a passion-ridden deity and which results through the instrumentality of mithyātvamohanīya-karma.
(3) Prayogakriyā—kriyā of the form of a bodily operation like coming, going etc. vitiated by passion.
(4) Samādānakriyā—kriyā of the form of an inclination towards worldly enjoyment on the part of one who has renounced the world.
(5) Iryāpathakriyā-kriyā which causes either the bondage or the experiencing of ïryāpathakarma--that is, karma of a duration of one samaya.