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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TATTVÄRTHA SŪTRA
non-violence etc. (2) To get rid of the above defilements on a partial scale, howsoever small—that is anu-vrata of the form of non-violence etc. 2.
The Bhāvanās or Practical Accessories Pertaining to the Different Vratas :
In the case of each of these vratas there are five bhāvanās! that are meant to render them steady. 3.
Unless certain special types of suitable activities are undertaken most attentively the vratas would not gain a standing in one's soul simply on the ground that one has formally accepted a vrata (that is, has formally commited oneself to the implementation of a vrata). Hence certain activities that prove suitable to the different vratas-so that an accepted vrata penetrates deep into the life of the person concerned—are broadly enumerated; it is they that go by the name of bhāvanā. If behaviour is properly maintained in conformity to these bhāvanās then an accepted vrata will bring about salutary consequences in the life of a preserving person—just in the manner of a highly effective medicine; taken in proper order of these bhāvanās are as follows:
(1) Attentiveness as to movement, keeping one's manas under guard, attentiveness as to procuring things, attentiveness as to receiving and placing things, proper inspection of things eaten and drunk—these five are the bhāvanās appropriate to the vrata of non-violence.
(2) Speaking after proper consideration, renunciation of anger, renunciation of greed, renunciation of fear, renunciation of laughter—these five are bhāvanās appropriate to the vrata of truthfulness.
1. The bhāvanās referred to in this aphorism are, according to the śvetāmbara tradition, described only in the bhāsya; hence here there are no separate aphorisms mentioning them. But in the Digambara tradition there are five additional aphorisms-viz. 4-8 mentioning these bhāvanās. See the relevant appendix.