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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Take the term 'darshana' to denote deep and abiding faith in one's own true self, also known as samyaktva.
“Darshanamapi jiivaastikaayasamupajanitaparama shraddhaanameva bhavati" -Samyagdharshana; (Page 191, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
The deep unshakeable faith in the pure, unblemished state of the self is known as "darshana' {perception}. When there is complete faith in the reality (as described by the Jinaas) from the absolute viewpoint, when the entire focus is on the innermost self and when all discriminative knowledge leads to the inner self; that stage of spiritual achievement is known as enlightened perception (samyakdarshana).
“Naanena jaanai bhaavam, dansanena ya saddahai" - Uttaraadhyayana Suutra; Verse 28.35 (Page 156, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, (Parasdham, Ghatakopar) Mumbai, year 2009)
Enlightened knowledge helps to know a substance while enlightened perceptions helps develop faith in it.
Evidently, the term 'darshana' means 'samyakshraddhaa' {unshakeable faith acquired through teachings, study and contemplation and ‘yathaartha nishchaya' {enlightened understanding of absolute reality).
is its impure form and
'Darshana' is an attribute of the soul. "Mithyaa darshana' {false faith 'samyak darshana' {true faith/enlightened perception is its pure form.
The adjective 'samyak' when used before the word 'darshana' denotes that the faith/perception is right, correct, accurate, appropriate and true. Thus, the term 'samyak' in this context means pure or true.
One who has samyaktva {enlightened perception/right faith/true insight/correct belief shall call a cow a cow and a horse a horse. One who has mithyaatva {false faith/deluded perception/incorrect belief} may also call a cow a cow and a horse a horse. But this pertains only to the gross. When it comes to the subtle, the difference in understanding between a samyakdrishti one who has enlightened perception and a mithyaadrishti one who lacks enlightened perception becomes evident.
A samyakdrishti will see a cow or a horse as a living being, just like himself. He knows that they are sentient beings and experience happiness and sorrow just as he does. Above all, he knows that there is no difference in the souls of a cow, a horse and a human being. This is why, a samyakdrishti takes
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