Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Part 2 - Objects not known to a junior monk
A junior monk (chadmasta) does not know or see ten objects in all their facets. They are; motion-as-being (dharmāstikāya), rest-as-being (adharmāstikāya), space-as-being (ākāsātikāya), a soul Dot wrapped in a body, matter-atom, sound, smell, air, whether a soul will or will not become a Jina, and whether a soul will or will not terminate all misery. Only an omniscient personality who is an Arhat, a Jina, who has conquered all passions, who has mastered knowledge and faith, is capable to know and see these ten objects in all their facets.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).