Tattva Sangraha Vol 2

SR No.: 007609
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1939
Total Pages: 887
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 84 MB

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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXI.
without cause, then there could be nothing to restrict it; and the capacity of things would, in that case, not be restricted (or limited); with the result that each and every thing would be utilised in bringing about each and every effect. Thus it cannot be right to restrict the efficiency of the eternal veri. ties, Akasha and the rest. Consequently they do not supply the ground for regarding the Reason as 'Inconclusive '.
Nor can it be urged that the former Reason is one whose presence in the contrary of the Probandum is open to suspicion ; because the efficiency that pertains to a particular efficient activity,—the birth of which is due to causal factors, is what characterises the Present'; and this characteristic of the Present' is present intact in the Past and Future things also ; hence, there being no other basis for this, why should these be not regarded as
Present' 1-(1835-1840)
TEXT (1841).
As A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS, ALL ATTEMPT TO ATTAIN HEAVEN AND FINAL BEATITUDE WOULD BE FUTILE ; AS NO FRUIT IS FOUND THAT COULD BE ATTAINED BY
EFFORT.-(1841)
COMMENTARY.
Then again, for the man for whom the Past and Future are actually present, the fruit of acts also would be there at all times; hence any effort to attain Heaven or Final Beatitude would be futile ; as there would be no fruit that could be attained by effort, what would be the efficiency of the Austerities and Penances that constitute "effort -It might be said that "they would have the efficiency to produce the desired results": - That would mean that the said Production of Results is something that was not there before and has come about now.-But even so, what is it that would be efficient ? And wherein would it be efficient 1-"The efficiency would lie in making the results present'"-What do you mean by 'making them present If it means bringing them to another place, then the thing becomes eternal, as it would remain for all time.-How too could there be any such 'bringing' in the case of Sensations, etc., which are immobile ? Even so, this bringing' would be something that did not exist before, but has now come into existence.
Heaven' stands for the place on the summits of mount Mēru. "Apavarga', 'Final Beatitude', stands for Deliverance the Samsarga' of these is their attainment. The effort for this consists in Observances and Austerities.(1841)