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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purushaartha (effort). For a soul to attain samyakdarshana, it must be a bhavya soul (a soul capable of attaining liberation). Thus, it becomes to right dravya. The soul must be in the right place (kshetra) at the right time (kaala) have the right motivation (bhaava) and make the right effort (purushaartha). As a result of this, nothing will come in their way and they are certain to attain samyakdarshana, which is followed by omniscience (kaivalya}.
Samyakdarshana may be attained by a living being belonging to any of the four gatis (stations in life/states of existence) such as deva gati (celestial being), manushya gati (human being}, tiryancha gati {sub-human being like amoeba, plant, insect, bird, animal, reptile, amphibian, etc.) and araka gati {denizen of hell).
2. Dormancy/Absence of Knowledge-Obscuring and Other Karmas:
Knowledge-obscuring karmas (Gyaanavarniiya karma), strength-obscuring karmas (antaraaya karma), perception deluding karmas and incessant, extremely intense, ardent passions (anantaanubandhii karmas) block the dawn of samyaktva. When these are suppressed/annihilated/ partly suppressed and partly annihilated, samyaktva dawns.
3. Sangnitva (Cognitive Ability):
A living being which has a mind is known as a sangni (has a mind and the ability to think and make decisions) living being. Only a living being who has intelligence and is capable of rational thinking can listen to, understand, accept and internalise the teachings of the Jinaas. Only such a person can distinguish between the heya (worthy of rejection), the gneya (worthy of investigation) and the upaadeya (worthy of emulation). Only such a being is capable of attaining samyaktva.
All worldly living beings are distributed in the four gatis (states of existence). Of them, some have the six paryaaptis (core competencies) while others do not.
All those living beings, irrespective of their gati, who have a dravya mana (mind) and the six paryaaptis (core competencies) are capable of attaining samyaktva. They are capable of pure, intelligent consciousness and cognitive operation.
As a corollary, all worldly living beings, irrespective of their gati, who do not have a dravya mana (mind) and do not have the six paryaaptis (core competencies), are incapable of attaining samyaktva. They are irretrievably deluded and utterly incapable of rational thought. They lack the core competencies needed to acquire samyaktva. They wallow in the most desperate, tragic and painful circumstances and their disposition reflects the constant, heart-breaking agony of their existence.
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Even a living being who has a mind (is a sangnii), has a blemishless disposition (parinaama) but