Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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attachment; men are bound by fetters, sunk in spirit and overpowered by lust; be not, therefore, afraid of hardship. He who is perfectly and completely enlightened about the acts of violence and from whom even his robbers do not fear harm, is indeed one who has shaken off anger, pride, deceit and greed; he is indeed worthy being called 'the metamorphosed one' - thus I say. Such person, on account of his renunciation of the body, is considered as standing lin the forefront of the battle'. He is indeed the sage who has reached the other side. Even on being killed, he stands still like a beam approached by death, courting death as the dissolution of the body - thus I say"26. This discipline unto death finds its consummation in the eighth chapter called the Vimoha -Ajjhayana (chapter on liberation).
(x) The Clusters of Essentially Connected Concepts: Our text contains clusters of words connoting similar concepts which throw a flood of light on the evolution of those concepts the history of their origin and the later course of their development. Thus, for instance, the cluster āyāvādi, logāvādi, kammāvādi, kiriyāvādi (respectively, believers in soul, world, karma, action)27 represents the early stage of the doctrine of soul and rebirth in Indian philosophy. Similarly, the bunchpāna breathing), bhūta (existing), jiva (living), satta (sentient-creature)28 - indicates the divergent conceptions of the principle of soul in our ancient thought. On the other hand, the group-gamtha (bondage), moha (delusion), māra (death), niraya (hell)29
26. ibid, I, 6.5. 108-113:
tamhā samgam ti pāsaha, gamthehim gadhiya nară visapna kamavippiya. tamhā 10hd po pa rivitta sejja, jassime à rampbhā Savvato Savvattae suparinnāya bhavarti jesime lūsiņo no pa rivitta samti, se vamt kohamp ca manam ca mayam ca lobham ca esa tutte viyāhite tti bemi kāyassa viovãe esa samgamasise viyahie, se hu pāramgame muni avi hammamane phalagāvayattht kā lovanite
kamkhejja kalam jāva sarirabheu tti bemi. 27. ibid. I, 1.1.5:
se āyāvai logāväi kammāvāî kiriyä ai. 28. ibid. 1, 4.1.1. 29. ibid. 1, 1.6.134.