Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

SR No.: 007608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 753
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER VIT.
the Sonl' is of the nature of one Eternal Cognition ; how then can there be any 'Bondage' and 'Liberation' for such a Soul ? Because if the one Cogni. tion is eternally wrong, then, as there could be no other state for it, there could be no possibility of Liberation '; on the other hand, if the one Cognition were eternally right, then as it would be always pure, there could be no
Bondage':-As regards our doctrine, the Cognition is held to be defective (wrong) or pure (right), in accordance with the varying character of the Serios (in which it appears), and hence the notion of Bondage and Liberation' is entirely reasonable. This has been thus declared— Cognition is defective and free from defects, beset with impurities and free from impurities : if it were never impure, then all embodied beings would be always liberated, if it were never pure, then the attempt to secure Liberation would be fruitless'. -(333)
If it be held that 'Bondage and Liberation are only assumed, not real', - then it becomes necessary to explain the basis of this assumption. What this basis is under the doctrine of Cognitions being non.eternal' has been shown above. Thus the Effort in the form of the contemplation of Truth,
-that you put forth for the attaining of the Ultimate Aim' and for passing beyond the cycle of Birth and Death, can only lead to futilo fatiguie-This is slıown in the following
TEXTS (334-335). WHAT COULD THE MYSTIC SET ASIDE OR ACCOMPLISH BY THE PRACTICE
or Yoga? WHAT TOO IS THERE THAT COULD BE REJECTED ! As Wrong Cognition ALSO IS OF THE NATURE OF THE SAME (ETERNAL COGNITION),—THE Knowledge of Truth ALSO CANNOT BE SOMETHING TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT: AS, BEING OF THE NATURE OF COGNITION, IT IS ALWAYS THERE. SO THAT THE ENTIRE Practice of Yoga
ALSO IS ENTIRELY TRUITLESS.-(334-335)
COMMENTARY
If, by the contempletion of Truth, the Mystic could set aside, or bring about, anything, then his Effort would be fruitful. As it is however, he can never set aside Wrong Cognition, because it is of the nature of the same,- .e. of the nature of Eternal Cognition. For the same reason it cannot be rejected : because what is eternal cannot be destructible and hence its rejection is impossible. How can the Yogin accomplish-bring about the Knowledge of Truth? Being of the nature of Eternal Cognition, the knowledge of Truth would be always there. Thus the doctrine in question cannot be right (334-336)