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Message of Tattvarth Sutra/148
them antithetic , the body is to be tempered by soul – force to make it a fit instrument, to make our body a temple of God, a repository of human values to achieve self realization . With this brief introduction a summary of contents of this work, chapter wise is given below.
This is the goal laid down in the first verse of chapter of 'Tattvārth', 'Samvyag Darsan, Gyān, Charitrāni, Moksha Marg'. It is in the combined pursuit of all three jewels of right faith, right knowledge and conduct, that the path of emancipation lies. Even then right-faith has prime of place -which means to have discerning capacity to grasp truth, sift it from falsehood, a scientific temper to judge objectively, an enlightened - world -view, bordering 'Anekānt', i.e. non absolutism shedding ego, anger, greed and prejudices, humility to appreciate not only 'said' but even 'unsaid. Things apparently contradictory or opposites may be complementaries as labour and rest, man and women, every atom of magnet with north and south pole, democracy of treasury and opposite benches and so is body and soul. Truth is many faceted. The condition of right -faith entails discipline of eschewing such 'karmas' through resolve and efforts which will spur obedience to learned ones, resulting in imparting clarity of understanding texts including sacred ones. It would prompt eagerness to learn thoroughly if not exhaustively. On further flowering it might intuitively yield extra- sensory, 'Avadhigyān', perception or still higher achievements of knowing simple and complex thoughts- processes and views of others and lastly one becoming omniscient on destruction of all infatuations,
