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54
Tattvartha Sutra
[2. 11-14]
With form and possessing modes, and the other type devoid of worldly forms. The first type of beings are called worldly (samsari) and the second type are called liberated (mukta).
Question: What is the world?
Answer: The world is only substance and its mental attachments (bhavabandh). The specific relation of the karma is substance-binding (dravya-bandh). The relation of attachments like passion and aversion is mental-binding (bhavabandh).
10. Differences among worldly beings
The sentient beings can be with mind or without mind.
11. The worldly beings are threefold:
12. Earth-bodied, water-bodied, and plant-bodied are the immovable types (sthavara).
13. Fire-bodied, wind-bodied, and the two-sensed beings and others are the mobile types (trasa).
14.
Worldly beings are with and without mind, as well as mobile and immovable.
The three immovable types are earth-bodied, water-bodied, and plant-bodied. The mobile types are fire-bodied, wind-bodied, and two-sensed beings, etc.
Worldly beings are infinite. In summary, they are of two divisions, also categorized in two ways. The first division relies on the relation and non-relation of the mind, that is, divided into with mind and without mind—this division includes all worldly beings. The second division is based on mobility (trasa) and immobility (sthavara). This division also includes all worldly beings.
Question: What is mind?
Answer: The inner power that allows for thought is called the mind, and a certain type of subtle particles that assist in thinking are also called mind. The first is called bhavaman and the second is called dravyaman.
Question: What are mobility and immobility?
Answer: The power to move from one place to another or to sway is mobility (trasa), and the absence of this power is immobility (sthavara).
Question: Do mindless beings have any essence that is mind or feeling?
Answer: Yes, only bhavaman.
Question: Then all beings are with mind; why is there a distinction between with mind and without mind?