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 - On suffering from delusion of faith
Q. 117. Bhante! Do the living beings suffer from faith-deluding karma?
A. 117. Yes, Gautama! They do suffer.
Q. 118. Bhante! How do the living beings suffer from faith-deluding karma?
A. 118. Gautama! They suffer from faith-deluding karma for diverse causes that fix them in doubt, in desire for some other faith, in wavering, split understanding and spite75.
Q. 119. Bhante I Is that which is propounded only by a Jina true and beyond doubt?
Q. 120. Bhante! By accepting as true and beyond doubt what a Jina has propounded, by fixing his faith in it, by incorporating it in his conduct, by living as per this prescription, by preventing karma inflow, does the living being become a true follower of the Jina?
A. 120. Yes, Gautama! By accepting as true and beyond doubt,...till by preventing karma inflow, the living being becomes a true follower of the Jina.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
75. Five causes of the acquisition of karma that deludes vision have been named as follows: doubt, desire for heretical faith, wavering, split-understanding and spite.