Book Title: Jaina Sutras 02 Uttaradhyayan Sutra and Sutrakritang Sutra
Author(s): Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Max Muller

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________________ BOOK 2, LECTURE 2. 365 down his cloth, alms-bowl, blanket, broom,-(even) such a monk performs various subtile actions called iryapathika (if it did but consist in moving an eyelash). This Karman is acquired and comes in contact (with the soul) in the first moment, in the second moment it is experienced, in the third it is destroyed; thus it is acquired, comes in contact (with the soul), takes rise, and is destroyed. For all time to come (the person in question) is exempt from Karman 1. Thereby the bad Karman accrues to him 2. This is the thirteenth kind of acquiring Karman, that inseparable from a religious life. (23) All the Arhats and Bhagavats of the past, present, and future have told, tell, and will tell, have declared, declare, and will declare the above thirteen kinds of acquiring Karman. They have practised, practise, and will practise the thirteenth kind of acquiring Karman. (24) As a supplement to the above (discussion) will 1 An almost identical passage occurs in the Uttarâdhyayana XXIX, § 71, above p. 172. 2 This typical passage is repeated here though it is apparently out of place. Not only this paragraph but also all that follows up to the last paragraph seems to be a later addition. For in the last paragraph the subject treated of in §§ 1-27 is taken up again and brought to its conclusion. After the supplement §§ 25-27 a separate treatise on the main subject is inserted §§ 28-60 (28-57 on demerit, 58-59 on merit, § 60 on a mixed state); after this follows a similar treatise in §§ 61-77 (61-68 on demerit, 69-74 on merit, 75-77 on a mixed state). In § 78 we have again a supplement, and §§ 79-82 contain another supplement (or perhaps two). §§ 83-85 give the conclusion of the first treatise (§§ 1-24) and must originally have followed immediately after § 24. So we have here, besides some appendices, three distinct original treatises on the same subject, very awkwardly pieced together to form one continuous lecture.

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