Tattvartha sutra

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

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CHAPTER-1.
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Il living beings desire happiness. It can be either physical or spiritual. It is a matter of common experience that physical happiness is transient while spiritual happiness is permanent. It is for this reason that human beings, the best creation of the universe, have pursued spirituality leaving the physical pleasures behind in their search for everlasting bliss. At the epitome of spiritual practice and true pleasure is liberation of the soul from the shackles of physical bondage and to attain 'Moksa'. This chapter states the path to spiritual salvation in its true and resplendent glory.
Path Of Liberation
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Samyagdarśanajñānacāritrāṇi mokśamārgah ||1|||
Right vision, right view, right attitude or right inclination; Rright knowledge and Right action, together, constitute the 'Liberating Path'. (1)
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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
The Right View --
Tattvārthaśraddhānam Samyagdarśanaṁ || 2 ||
To have have a firm faith in the existence of the fundamental verities and their meanings is to have the right view. (2)
THE LIBERATING PATH
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Tannisargadadhigamādvā || 3 ||
That (Samyagdarśana or the right view) comes about in two ways either naturally that is in the natural course or through attainment that is through external means such as instruction etc. (3)
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