Tattvartha sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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XXVIII : TATTVÄRTHA SŪTRA
immediate, intermediate and the ultimate fruits of such desirable activities?'
The following eleven issues, dealt with in the last five chapters deserve serious consideration by a student of Cāritra Mīmānisā:
The sixth chapter deals with - 1. The form and cause of influx (Aśrava) of the karma-matter into the soul-field.
In the seventh chapter the author deals with – 2. The vows, the types of vowers or renouncers, ways of achieving steadfast observance of the vows, 3. Forms of flaws such as violence, untruth, stealingsexual indulgence and undue attachment to accumulation, 4.Possible excesses of the vows, and 5. Types of charities and the reasons for their order of ascendance.
The eighth chapter – 6. The principal causes of karmic bondage and the types of bondages.
The ninth chapter details - 7. Various means to achieve the stoppage of influx of karma-matter into the soul-field as well as 8. those of separation thereof from it. 9. It also outlines the order of ascendance between various types of spiritual practitioners endowed with the right vision (Samyagdisti).
The tenth chapter deals with - 10. The spiritual accomplishments leading to the achievement of omniscience (Kevala-jñāna) and the spiritual salvation itself and 11. describes the ultimate destination of the ultimately accomplished (Siddha), upon their deaths, in their last worldly birth.
In the context of Jaina Caritra Mīmānisa, it is noteworthy that while the three philosophies - Jaina, Buddhist and Yoga -