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NandiSootra
PERFECT, IMPERFECT, AND MIXED
Question - When you say that it (Manahparyav-jnana) is acquired by the samyak-drishti (having right insight), fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitant, placental human beings offinite life-span do you mean those who are samyat, asamyat or samyatasamyat.
Answer Gautam! It is acquired only by the samyak-drishti, fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitant, and placental human beings of finite life-span who are samyat and not by those who are asamyat or samyatasamyat.
COMMENTARY -Those who have abandoned everything and have gained the conduct of the detached through extinction or extinction-cum-suppression of conduct veiling karmas are known as samyat or the perfect ones; such as accomplished ascetics.
As against this, those who are imperfect in observation of codes and critical review (pratyakhyan) and who are avirat (without self-discipline) samyak-drishti at the fourth Gunashthan are known as asamyat or the imperfect ones; such as ordinary ascetics.
Those who are not completely but only partially free of the five causes of karmic bondage including himsa (aggression) are known as samyatasamyat; such as shravak (a lay person who has accepted the prescribed code of conduct and tries to observe it).
APRAMATT AND PRAMATT
Question - When you say that it (Manah-paryav-jnana) is acquired by the samyat (accomplished), samyak-drishti (having right insight), fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitant, placental human beings of finite life-span do you mean those who are pramatt or those who are apramatt.
Answer Gautam! It is acquired only by the samyat, samyak-drishti, fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitant, and placental human beings of finite life-span who are apramatt and not by those who are pramatt.
COMMENTARY -One who has reached the seventh gunasthan (level of purity of soul), who is incessantly involved in spiritual activity, rising above the static and negligent activities like sleep, who steadily progresses in the stream of pious attitude, thought and feeling, is called apramatt-samyat (accomplished and alert).
He who is not absolutely free of the traces of non-righteous attitudes including residual passions, somnolence, opprobriuM, grief, indifference and mirth is called pramatt-samyat (accomplished but negligent); such as jinkalpi (an ascetic living in complete isolation) and other shramans who adhere to strict observance of higher levels of discipline.
SPECIAL POWERS
Question
When you say that it (Manahparyay-jnana) is acquired by the apramatt (alert), samyat, samyak-drishti, fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitant, and placental human beings of finite life-span do you mean those who are endowed with special powers or those who are not endowed with special powers?
Answer. -Gautam! It is acquired only by the apramatt-samyat, samyak-drishti, fully developed, karmabhumi inhabitantand placental human beings of finite life-span who are endowed with special powers and not by those who are not endowed with special powers.
COMMENTARY Those alert practicers who have acquired Avadhi-jnana, knowledge of the subtle canons, supreme intelligence, andother special powers Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra ~39~ Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
