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It is said that
"Manavaayaakaayaane suddhi sammattasohinii tattha." ~ Bhagavati Shataka, Verse 25.7 -Samyagdharshana; (Page 472, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
One should diligently follow the eight types of prescribed conduct related to purity of samyaktva and contemplate upon them through mind, speech and body
"Ayamaauso. Esa atthe, esa paramatthe, sese anatthe"
Samyagdharshana; (Page 473, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
O blessed one, this is the truth. This is the supreme truth. All else is falsehood.
5) Five Lakshanas:
There are five distinctive attributes (lakshanas), which signify the presence of samyaktva. The presence of any one of them signifies the presence of samyaktva.
1) Sama - equanimity
The characteristics of an equanimous person are:
• Calmness and tranquillity. • Being unperturbed by the existence and presence of friends and enemies, happiness and sorrow,
good fortune and ill fortune. • Not allowing the rise of anger, arrogance, artifice and avarice in one's soul.
2) Samvega - desire for emancipation/fear of transmigration.
The characteristics of one who has attained samvega are:
• Firm unshakeable desire for liberation. • Mind occupied with thoughts of renunciation. • Deep-rooted wish to free oneself from the ocean of transmigration.
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