Samkit Faith Practice Liberation

SR No.: 007764
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 447
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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1.2.4 Attainment of Samyaktva: Easy or Difficult?
The question here arises: Is the attainment of samyakdarshana easy or difficult? Let us answer it briefly.
One who has conquered ignorance, false belief and delusion, or one whose ignorance, false belief and delusion are diminished, or one whose ignorance, false belief and delusion have subsided can attain samyakdarshana easily and promptly.
Attaining samyakdarshana is extremely difficult and unlikely for one who has not freed himself from the trap of ignorance, the bonds of false belief and the veil of delusion; has great arrogance and is in the grip of tremendous passion.
Some people spend years listening to religious discourses and serving learned monks. Others spend several lives listening to discourses and spend all their time with learned teachers. Despite that, they do fail to attain samyakdarshana and samyakgynaana. They remain where they were. Some people were fortunate enough to spend time with and stayed with Lord Mahavira. Despite that, they never washed away their karmic dirt, never purified their souls and remained stuck in the state of ignorance and delusion. Look at Goshalaka! He spent six years in the company of Lord Mahavira. And yet he remained in the darkness of ignorance. He could never break out of it and hence could never attain samyakdarshana.
Now that we have seen how difficult and rare is the attainment of samyakdarshana, let us examine what exactly samyakdarshana is and how it may be attained.
Samyakdarshana does not imply that darshana' (perception was missing from the soul and now it has been created. The soul always has ‘darshana'. It is never bereft of it. It is part of the inherent qualities of the soul.
The soul does not give rise to a new substance. Perception is always present in the soul. When the perception of the soul is purified, it becomes samyak rational/true/enlightened). When the perception of the soul is deluded, it is known as mithyaa darshana {false/irrational/prejudiced/ incorrect/faulty/flawed/unreal perception}.
Essentially, the attainment of samyakdarshana is not the attainment of a new quality. It is the emergence of this fundamental quality of the soul, which is always present in the soul, albeit in dormant form. Hence, samyakdarshana may be defined as “Perceiving, recognising and understanding that which is constant and eternal in its truest, purest and highest form. Aachaarya Kundakunda's Darshana Prabhrita'; Verse 20, "Atthapaahuda verse 20" (Page 31, Publisher: Laadmal Jain Shantiveer Digambar Jain Mandir, Mahaveerji, Rajasthan, year V.S. 2494)
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