Reality English Translation of Sarvarthasiddhi

Author(s): S A Jain
Publisher: Jwalamalini Trust Chennai

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THE CAUSES THAT PROMOTE RIGHT FAITII
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duct. In the case of householders or laymen with partial control all the three arise. From the point of view of percep tion (darśana), all the three arise in those possessing ocular perception, non-ocular perception and clairvoyant perception. But that from destruction alone arises in those with perfect perception. From the point of view of colouration (thoughtpaint), all the three are present in those with the six kinds of colouration. But that from destruction alone obtains in those devoid of colouration. Those capable of attaining salvation possess all the three types of right faith, but not the others. From the point of view of right faith, that type which is present in any state must be taken to prevail therein'. Those possessing minds (reason) attain all the three, but not those without minds (reason). And those who transcend these two states, i.e. the omniscients, possess only that arising from destruction. Those who assimilate matter (āhāraka) possess all the three. And even those who do not assimilate matter, but who have not attained omniscience, possess all the three. But only that arising from destruction obtains in the omniscients with samudghāla. .
The cause of origin is of two kinds, internal as well as external. The subsidence, destruction, or destruction-cum-subsidence of faith-deluding karmas is the internal cause. In the first three infernal regions, right faith arises in some by recollection of past lives, in others by listening to the gospel and
in yet others by endurance of pain. From the fourth up to the "severth, recollection of past lizes and endurance of pain promote right faith. In the case of animals, right faith arises in some by recollection of past lives, in some others by listening to the gospel and in yet others by witnessing the idols of the Lord Jina. In human beings also the same causes operate. In the case of celestial beings, right faith is promoted in some by the recollection of past lives, in some others by listening to
,1 Those incapable of attaining salvation do not attain any of the three
kinds of right faith, 9 Kevali-samudghāla (pervasion of the omniscient) is the emanation when
the omoiscient being expands his spatial units throughout the entire universe and contracts back to his former size.