Agam 44 Chulika 01 Nandi Sutra English Translation

Author(s): Dipratnasagar, Deepratnasagar
Publisher: Deepratnasagar

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Nandi Sootra
This concludes the description of Purvagat.
COMMENTARY -It is a Jam belief that when in his first religious discourse a Tirthankar addresses the top ranking scholars of that period, a mere utterance of the matrika pad (a divine form of sound) evokes the complete shrut-jnana in the inner recesses of their mind. After this, on the basis of this knowledge they create the Anga scriptures for the benefit of their disciples. They get all this knowledge before they create the twelve Anga, therefore it is ca4ed Purvagat (included in the former). It is the earlier acquir4d:, knowledge for the Ganadhars, but to the lineage of their disciples this profound knowledge is prescribed to be given only after they have mastered all the Angas. Another belief is that the knowledge of the Purvas is beyond words. As it can be acquired only by direct! Experience, the only way to acquire it is very high level of spiritual practices.
Inferring on the basis of the above mentioned titles, the commentators (churni and vrittl) have provided a list of the probable; - subjects therein
Utpad Purva - The origin of all the substances and modes.
Agrayant Purva - The numbers, quantities, or volumes of all substances, modes, and beings.
Viryapravad Purva - The inherent power and capacity of active or inactive beings and non-beings.
Asti-nastipravad Purva - The existence, non-existence, and relative existence or non-existence of substances and modes.
Jnanapravad Purva - The five types of knowledge and their various divisions. Satyapravad Purva - Truth and its types. Atmapravad Purva - Soul and its attributes and activities.
Karmapravad Purva - Karmas, their basic and auxiliary properties along with other related topics such as fusion, duration, divisions, sections, etc.
Pratyakhyanpravad Purva - Pratyakhyan (to expel the acquired thoughts) and its categories and sub-categories.
Vidyanupravad Purva - Special skills and powers and methods of acquiring and perfecting them.
Abandhya Purva - The good and bad fruits of good and bad karmas. Pranayu Purva - Age and life.
Kriyavishal Purva - The activities of beings, and non-beings and the resultant inflow of karma.
Lokabindusar Purva - The drop-like gist of all knowledge, special skills, power, attainments, etc. available in the universe.
4. ANUYOG [154] MEANING-Question - What is this Anuyog?
Answer - Anuyog is said to be of two types-1. Mool Prathamanuyog and 2.Gandikanuyog.
Question - What is this Mool Prathamanuyog?
Answer - In Mool Prathamanuyog are included the variousincidents from the lives of Arhant Bhagavants, such as - theirearlier births, reincarnation as gods, lifespan as gods, descent, birth, anointing, kingdom,, initiation, harsh austerities, attaining Kewal-jnana, establishnient of teerth, disciples, groups of disciples, Ganadhars, aryikas (female ascetics) and pravartinis (leaders of female ascetics), four pronged religious organization and its expanse, Jina (Kewali), Manah-paryav jnani, Avadhi jnani, samyak shrut jnani, nadi, anuttaraupapatik, uttar vaikriya Aagam-44 - Nandi Sootra
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