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 - Soul and renunciation
Q. 53. Bhante! Are living beings with renunciation (called ±è°ù²¹³Ù²âÄå°ì³ó²âÄå²Ô²¹)? Without renunciation? Or, with- and without-renunciation?
A. 53. Gautama! Living beings are with renunciation, also without renunciation, also with- and without-renunciation.
Q. 54. Is it universally true of all souls?
A. 54. Gautama! Infernal beings are without renunciation,...till the four-organ beings. For these, the remaining two terms do not apply. Five-organ animals are not with renunciation, They are without renunciation or with- and without-renunciation. Human beings take all the three. The rest are like the infernal beings.
Q. 55. Bhante! Do living beings know renunciation? Do they know non-renunciation? Do they know renunciation-non-renunciation?
A. 55. Gautama! Five-organ beings know all the three. The rest do not know renunciation.
Q. 56. Bhante! Do living beings practise renunciation? Do they practise non-renunciation? Do they practise renunciation-non-renunciation?
A. 56. As has been said about mundane beings, so about renunciation.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva SÅ«ri):
(There is no commentary available for this section).