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 SIX
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The Nature of the Causes-of-bondage Obtaining in the Case of the Sātāvedaniya karma :
(1) To harbour a feeling of compassion towards all the living beings in compassion for beings as such; and to treat the pains caused to others as pains caused to oneself is compassion.
(2) A householder who observes the vows partially and a world-renouncer who observes them completely—when a feeling of compassion is harboured towards both these we have a case of compassion for those leading a disciplined life.
(3) To offer to others with a feeling of humility the things belonging to oneself is donation.
(4) Proper attentiveness towards disciplined-life-yetaccompanied-by attachment etc., means proper attentiveness towards disciplined-life-yet-accompanied-by atachment, life of discipline-cum-indiscipline, refraining from evil acts out of compulsion, childish penance. When with a view to renouncing obsessive desire that is the cause of the worldly entanglement one adopts a disciplined life and yet the impressions left in one's mind by one's past experience of attachment are not attenuated then the disciplined life in question is disciplined-life-yet-accompaniedby-attachment. The life of a partial adoption of discipline is life of discipline-cum-indiscipline. When worldly enjoyments are renounced not voluntarily but under external pressure then we have a case of refraining from evil acts out of compulsion. An act of penance like entry into fire, diving into water, eating cov etc., on the part of a child—that is, a mithyādrsti devoid of genuine knowledge—is called childish penance.
(5) To suppress defilements like anger etc., out of a religious motive is forbearance.
(6) To suppress the tendency towards greed and the like defilements is purity. 13.
The Nature of the Causes-of-bondage Obtaining in the Case of the Darśanamohanīya karma :
(1) Speaking ill of the omniscient means a pervert intellect