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Tattvartha Sutra
[7.12]
Question - Where there is no pairing but one person, either a man or a woman, engages in wrongful conduct influenced by passion for sensual pleasures, whether that attachment is to a material substance or not, can such an endeavor be called maithuna?
According to the explanation above regarding one's hands and other limbs,
Answer—Yes, it can certainly be called so. Because the essence of maithuna is indeed the endeavor arising from sensual passion. This meaning can also apply to the wrongful actions of a single individual; thus, there is indeed a fault of maithuna in that as well.
Question - What is the reason for calling maithuna "abrāhma"?
Answer—What is not Brahma is abrahma. Brahma means—by whose adherence and following the virtues increase. The path that does not lead to an increase in virtues, but instead nurtures faults, is abrahma. The tendency towards maithuna is such that as soon as one falls into it, the nurturing of all faults begins, and the decline of virtues starts. Therefore, maithuna is called abrahma.
11. Nature of Possession
Mūrchā parigrahaḥ. 12.
Mūrchā itself is possession.
Mūrchā means attachment. To become bound to an object, whether it is small or large, animate or inanimate, external or internal, or even if it may not exist, being ensnared in it or becoming senseless with attachment is possession.
Question - The five faults from violence to possession appear different superficially, but upon deeper consideration, there is no significant distinction. In fact, the basis of the faults in these five is attachment, aversion, and delusion, and this is the poison of actions such as violence. Hence, these actions are faults. If this is true, then stating that 'only attachment, aversion, etc. are faults' would suffice. Why, then, is a description of the five or more distinctions of faults like violence given?
Answer—Indeed, any action occurs due to attachment, aversion, etc. Therefore, mainly attachment, aversion, etc. are the faults and abstaining from these faults is the main vow. However, the teaching to abandon attachment, aversion, and such actions can only be given once the related actions have been understood. For those with a gross perspective, it is not possible to provide direct instruction to abandon simply the attachment and aversion. Among the countless actions arising from attachment and aversion, violence, falsehood, etc. are…