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The Main Objective of Jainism : 33
From the Jaina view-point the path of liberation is also not different from the self. The three aspects of our consciousness - cognition, affection and conation, when rightly oriented constitute the path of emancipation. In the Jaina philosophy, the three-fold path of liberation consists of right knowledge (samyak-jñāna), right belief (samyak-darśana) and right conduct (samyak-cāritra ). This implies that the cognitive, affective and conative wings of the self, processed into right knowledge, right belief and right conduct, appear to be the real path. Thus considered, the path of emancipation is also soul-stuff. As Ācārya Kundakunda puts it :
Ādā khu majjhanānam ādā me daṁsaņas carittaṁ ca Ādā paccakkhānas ādā me saṁvaro jogo. Daṁsananāna carittani sevidavvāni sānunā niccań. Tāņi puņa jāna tinnivi appānam ceva nicchayado.
Samayasāra, 18. 19 Right knowledge (Jņāna), right faith ( Darsana ), renunciation (Pratyākhyāna ), discipline (Saṁvara ) and Yoga are the means to realize the real nature of the self. The same self (soul) is in knowledge, perception, renunciation, discipline and Yoga. What appears as knowledge, faith and conduct is no other than the self. From practical view-point (Vyavahāranaya ) they are said to be different from the self, but from real viewpoint (niscaya-naya ) they are one and same with self. Right faith, knowledge and conduct should always be pursued by a saint, but he must know that all these three from real view-point are the self itself.
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