Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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First Chapter
principles, Astava and 74 Bandha, the inflow into and bondage of the soul by good or bad karmic matter according to merit or demirt (treated of in Chaper VIII, 25, 26, below] is the active cause.
Note 3. These 77 tatva, principles, are evidently necessary and sufficient. They are necessary, because there must be at least two exhaustive categories of the universe. By dichotomy they are logically prefect. They are the soul and the non-soul. Their union is manifest in the world. The absolute liberation of soul from the non-soul is the ultimate goal, therefore aer Moksha, category is placed last in the F Sutras. Its immediate causes are stopage and shedding of karmas. Therefore the Samvara and Nirjara precede the Moksha, in the enumeration. Stopage and shedding are necessitated by the inflow and bondage of karmic matter, therefore a Asrava and in Bundha are given as the third and fourth categories. Thus we nee that the 7 tatvas are necessary
They are sufficient also. Soul and non-soul togethe constitute the universe. If they are separated, nothing more is needed. If they are united, as they are found to be in the world, then the cause of their union, the union itself the stopage and the gradual and then the final destruction of the union are the only possible ways of considering them. Thus the seven principles are sufficeint also
T tatvas substances are only two, soul and non-soul Nonsoul is all that is not soul. Therefore the really knowable and worth-knowing object is the soul. In 77741 Gatha 20 of Darsana Pahuda it is said, f#771 spoore € F**" "Nichchava do appanam Havai sammattam" 1. e. in reality soul's own nature is Hupasta Samyag darsana. Beliet, expereintial belief in real soul itself is Samyag darsana. Docs not the Greek philospher also teach us: "know thyself. "Gnothi Seaution."
SUTRA 5 नामस्थापनाद्रध्यभावतस्तन्यासः ॥५॥ Nama sthapana dravya bhavatas tannyasah-(5) By Nama, name, Sthapana, representation, Dravya, privation, Bhava, present condition, their PE Nyasa, aspects, are known).
They (Frpartaifa right belief, etc., and oftarafranla soul, non-soul, ete.) can be considered in four aspects or for Nakshepa: