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The Beginning
THE NOTION OF GROWTH
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rial saturation finds in it the keys to dimensions of human experience entirely unknown to the West.
To make this knowledge accessible to a wide audience, a modern commentary accompanies the ancient text. For easier reading all accents in the transliteration of the Sanskrit words have been eliminated. The Sanskrit terms mentioned in brackets are for reference only. They help to identify their specific content.
The Tattvarthasutra consists of three parts with clearly distinct contents:
Chapter 1 presents the comprehensive picture of a universe that generally supports the realization of all the ideals, desires, ideas and aspirations we carry deep within us. It describes methods how to unfold hidden abilities of our consciousness. It describes the channels through which to access knowledge, including the range and handling of extrasensory perception and how to intuitively discriminate between truth and error.
Chapter 2 to 5 portray the levels of existence on which life manifests. They further deal with the purpose and functions of time, space, matter and other basic elements of this universe.
Chapter 6 to 10 analyze what causes the blockages that limit our present state of life and explain the mechanisms to remove these causes. The last chapter describes our shift into a state of consciousness where karma ceases to block the inherent potential of man.
THE NOTION OF GROWTH presents the first chapter of the Tattvarthasutra. The accompanying modern commentary links the magnitude of the human potential and its explora
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