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and in teachings that lead to salvation.
When the time is right, and the soul is (relatively) close to attaining liberation, perception delusion-causing karmas subside momentarily and aupashamika {temporary, caused by the suppression of the causes that obstruct} samyakdarshana is attained. Such attainment of samyakdarshana is known as attainment due to internal reasons.
External Reasons
There are several external factors that lead to the attainment of samyakdarshana: some attain it through learning the Jain doctrine, others attain it through seeing the majesty of the Jinaas. Yet others attain it by seeing the divinity of the demi-gods (deva) who serve the Tirthankaras, and some others attain it through remembering their past lives. (Jaati smaran Gyaana)
Samyakdarshana is attained when internal and external factors come together. Just as an intoxicated person starts seeing things clearly once his intoxication wears off, one suffering from perceptional delusion starts seeing things clearly once his perceptional delusion is suppressed/annihilated. Then, all his illusions and misconceptions and false beliefs fall away and he takes great strides in the right direction.
Some learned preceptors say that samyakdarshana is obstructed by perceptional delusion-causing karmas (darshana-mohaniiya karmas). As well as intensely passionate behavioural delusion-causing karmas (chaaritra-mohaniiya karmas).
When the two types of delusion-causing karmas, perceptional delusion-causing karmas and behavioural delusion-causing karmas are suppressed/annihilated/part-suppressed and part annihilated, when intuitive knowledge-obscuring karmas are suppressed/annihilated/part-suppressed and part-annihilated, when strength-impeding obstruction-causing karmas are suppressed/annihilated /part-suppressed and part-annihilated, then the true nature of the soul is experienced.
In the opinion of a certain learned Jain Aachaarya , the soul must have the following three qualities in order to qualify for samyakdarshana.
1. Aasanna Bhavyata (Proximity of Liberation:
Certain souls walk in the path of the Jinaas and destroy passions. At the same time, they earn merits and continue to be kind, wise and gentle people. Over lifetimes, such persons develop such spiritual qualities that they come close to attaining liberation. Such souls have all the internal qualities and external factors in place. For instance, the samavaaya (assemblage/coming together of the five factors of dravya {substratum), kshetra area), kaala {time), bhaava {motivation/disposition and
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