Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 034448
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers
Publication Year: 2018
Total Pages: 500
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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Tattvarthasūtra
three types of right faith (samyagdarśana); the non-potential (abhavya - not capable of attaining liberation) souls do not possess any. The details can be read from 'Sarvarthasiddhi', p. 16-18.
The cause of origin - sadhana - is of two kinds, internal and external. The subsidence, destruction, or destruction-cum-subsidence of faithdeluding (darśanamohaniya) karmas is the internal cause. In the first three infernal regions, right faith arises in some by recollection of past lives - jātismaraṇa, in others by listening to the Scripture dharmasravana, and in yet others by endurance of pain. From the fourth up to the seventh, recollection of past lives and endurance of pain promote right faith. In case of animals, right faith arises in some by recollection of past lives, in some others by listening to the Scripture and in yet others by witnessing the idols of Lord Jina. In human beings also the same causes operate. In case of the celestial beings, right faith is promoted in some by the recollection of past lives, in some others by listening to the Scripture, in some others by witnessing the glory of Lord Jina and in yet others by the sight of the splendour and miraculous powers of other celestial beings. This applies to celestial beings below the Anata kalpa. In case of the deva of Anata, Prāṇata, Ārana and Acyuta kalpa only three causes, excluding the sight of magnificence of other celestial beings, operate. The deva of navagraiveyaka attain right faith by recollection of past lives or by listening to discourses on religion. The question of origin does not arise in case of higher celestial beings - those in anudiśa and anuttara vimāna - for they are born with right faith.
The substratum (adhikarana) is of two kinds, internal and external. The soul which is the possessor of right faith is itself the internal substratum of right faith. The external substratum is the mobilechannel of the universe - trasanāḍī. How extensive is it? It is one rajju in diameter and fourteen rajju in length.
As regard duration (sthiti), the minimum and maximum duration of subsidential right faith is within one muhūrta (48 minutes). In case of mundane living beings, the minimum duration of right faith resulting from destruction is within one muhūrta and the maximum is thirty
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