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

Page 465

292
TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
form of a right faith as regards the nature of things the darśana (that is, the faith) that stands opposed to it turns out to be of two types-viz. (i) the absence of a right faith as regards the nature of things, and (ii) a wrong faith as regards the same. The two types differ in that the former is possible even in a state of utter absence of thought while the latter is possible only in a state of positive thought. Even when there has been a development of the capacity for thought, in case a person impelled by a prejudice sticks to some one single standpoint then since there there is a partisanship of untruth inspite of the presence of a state of positive thought the standpoint in question is a case of mithyādarśana or wrong faith. And since this state of affairs is something born of instruction it is called abhigrhīta or 'something taken up'. In the period when the state of positive thought is not yet stirred up there is present only an absence of thought resulting from the beginingless concealment pertaining-to-thought. At that time there is not present faith in what is wrong, just as there is not present faith in what is right; rather since there is then a mere absence of thought what is then present is a mere absence of faith-in-what-is-right. And since this state of affairs is something natural--that is, something not a result of instructionit is called anabhigrhīta or 'something not taken up'. All the onesided prejudiced attachments for a standpoint or a sect are cases of abhigrhīta-mithyādarśana-that is, absence-of-right-faith that has been taken up; they are possible only in a developed species like man. As for the anabhigrhīta-mithyādarśana—that is, absence-ofright-faith that has not been taken up, it is possible even in species like worm, moth etc. with consciousness lying dorment.
Avirati :
Avirati means not to desist from vicious acts.
Pramāda:
Pramāda means self-forgetfulness-that is, having no feeling of regard for virtuous acts. Not to remain cautious as to the memory of what has to be done and what has not to be done.