Book Title: Tattvartha Sutra
Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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________________ अध्याय-६ (sparśana), taste (rasanā), smell (ghrāņa), sight (cakṣu) and hearing (śrotra). (see sūtra 2-19). The four passions (kaşāya) are anger (krodha), pride (māna), deceitfulness (māyā) and greed (lobha). The five kinds of vowlessness (avrata) are injury (hiņsā), falsehood (anyta), stealing (steya), unchastity (abrahma) and attachment-to-possessions (parigraha) which will be explained later. The twenty-five activities (kriyā) are as follows. 1. Worship, etc., of the (true) deity, the preceptor and the Scripture that strengthens right faith is 'samyaktva kriyā’. 2. Due to the rise of wrong-belief (mithyātva), worship, etc., of the (false) deity and others, which perverts right-faith is ‘mithyātva kriyā'. 3. The tendency of bodily and other activities for going and coming is 'prayoga kriyā'. 4. The tendency of the ascetic to transgress his vows is 'samādāna kriyā'. 5. The activity of the ascetic that helps in walking carefully (preventing injury) is ‘īryāpatha kriyā'. These are five activities. 6. Acting in anger is ‘prādoșikī kriyā’. 7. Attempt of a wicked person to act in evil ways is ‘kāyikī kriyā’. 8. The activity of taking weapons that cause injury is ‘ādhikaraṇikī kriyā”.9. Causing pain to self or others is ‘pāritāpikī kriyā’. 10. Harming vitalities such as life, sense-organs, energy and respiration is 'prāņātipātiki kriyā”. These make up five activities. 11. The desire originating from infatuation to see beautiful forms is darśana kriya'. 12. The desire to touch, again and again, animate objects is ‘sparśana kriyā”. 13. Inventing novel objects that assist sensual pleasures is 'prātyāyiki kriyā'. 14. Leaving excrement in places frequented by men, women and animals is 'samantānupātini kriyā'. 15. Laying the body etc. on the ground without examining or cleaning it is 'anābhoga kriyā'. These, again, are five activities. 16. Doing by one's own hand what should be done by others is 'svahasta kriyā'. 17. According approval to wicked activities is ‘nisarga kriyā'. 18. Publicizing sins committed by others is ‘vidāraņa kriyā’. 19. Wilful misinterpretation of the Scripture, on rise of the conduct-deluding karmas, when unable to carry out the injunctions ............... . ...... 237

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