Tattvartha Sutram

SR No.: 011035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J L Jaini
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 187
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 6 MB

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First Chapter
SUTRA 7 निश स्वामित्म साधनाऽधिकरण स्थिति निधानतः ॥७॥ Nirdosa svamitva Sadhanadhi karana sthiti vidhanatah.
Adhigama is attaind by (considering a Principle, or any substance with reference to its fata Nirdesh (Description, Definition), mafia Svamıtva (Possession, Inherence, Sadhan (cause), Afra Adhikarana (Place), frufa Sthit, (Duration), and furt Vidhana (Division).
Everything can be known by being treated in these six ways, e.g man. He may be described as a rational animal, the qualities of rationality and animality inhere in all human beings; the cause of being a man is the sum-total of his own karmic energies, which acting through his parents caused him to be born in the world, his birth depends on his birth-place being such as human beings can be born in it, his duration, ie his life is determined and limited by his age or Fiyat Ayu karma, and according to his nationality he may be divided into English, French, German, American, Japanese, etc. ,etc..
We shall subject right belief to this six-fold treatment,
Pat's Nerdesha Right. belief is belief in things, ascertained as they are.
Falling Sramitva Generally it inhere sin souls, which are capable, of attaining liberation, and only in those who have got a mind, 1 e, are 477 Samanaska.
#147 Sadhan Cause of right belief, 1 e.
(1) cal Abhyantara, internal It is the making inoperative of the 1919 ha 14 Darshana Mohaniya, or the belief-obscuring karmas, and Anantanubandhi Kashaya, the 4 over feeding passions.
(2) 7 Bahyya, external. This is of two kinds :
(1) fapai Nisargaja, intutive, eg rememberance of past lives, enduring of great pain, contemplation of the image of the fear Jinas or Tirthankaras, and observation of the miraculous powers of the celestial beings
(ii) format Adhigamaja, acquired, e.g., by other precept or the scriptures.
adau Adhikarana, is also :
(1) sty Internal. It is the soul itself upon which right belief depends.