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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guru and its pristine disposition as the true dharma. It realises that the knowledge-embodying soul of an Arihanta or Siddha is the true deva. It knows that the pure dispositioned soul of an Aachaarya, Upaadhyaaya or Saadhu is the true guru. Such a soul intuitively knows that true dharma lies in the internalising of samyak darshana, samyak gynaana and samyak chaaritra. And it intrinsically knows that nishchaya samyadgarshana is realised when one's consciousness remains immersed in one's own true self.
It is absolutely certain that true nishchaya samyakdarshana cannot be realised until and unless one thoroughly knows the consequences of the interaction of soul with karmic matter and has faith in the teachings of those who explain these consequences - deva, guru and dharma. It is impossible to have faith in the path if one does not have faith in the shower of the path.
This is why in the Panchastikaayasaara, Aachaarya Kundakunda has said that vyavahaara {practical samyaktva is the seed for nishchaya {absolute) samyaktva.
“Teshaam mithyaadarshanodayaapaaditaashraddhaanaabhaavasvabhaavam bhaavaantaram shraddhaanam samyakdarshana shuddhachaitanyaruupaatpatatvavivishya biijam" ~ Aachaarya Kundakunda's Panchastikayasara
Samyagdharshana; (Page 310, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Vyavahaara Samyaktva indicates a disposition free from false belief and deep belief in the teachings of the Jinaas, including the nine substances (nine tattvas) and the true nature of reality. Vyavahaara samyaktva is seminal for the attainment of an unblemished state of consciousness, which is the true description of the realised soul.
Evidently, nishchaya samyaktva is the goal and vyavahaara samyaktva is the path.
Vyavahaara samyaktva is absolutely essential for those who wish to attain the first step on the ladder of liberation.
Once the soul attains the heights of nishchaya samyaktva, vyavahaara samyaktva automatically fades away.
Clearly, it is impossible to attain nishchaya samyaktva without its practical counterpart (vyavahaara samyaktva). But vyavahaara samyaktva is only relevant if it focuses solely on the attainment of its absolute counterpart (nishchaya samyaktva).
At the end of the day, both vyavahaara and nishchaya samyaktva focus on the true unblemished nature of the soul, rid the soul of karmas and help it attain liberation.
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