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"Tahiyaanam tu bhaavaanam sambhaave uvaesam
Bhaavenam saddahatassa sammattam tam viyaahiyam” - Uttaraadhyayana Suutra; Verse 2.28.15 (Page 142, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, (Parasdham, Ghatakopar) Mumbai, year 2009, 2nd edition) Enlightened perception is the deep and unshakeable faith in the true nature of the teachings of the Jinaas.
“Tattvaarthashraddhaanam samyakdarshanam” – Aachaarya Umasvati's 'Tattvaarthasuutra', Verse 1.2(Page 9, Author: Pandit Shukhlaalji, Publisher: Gujarat Vidyaapith, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), year 1930 1st edition) Enlightened perception is the deep and unshakeable faith in the categories of truth as explained by the Jinaas.
This attribute has been explained in different ways by various Digambara and Shvetambara texts:
1. “Tattvashabdo bhaavasaamaanyavaachii, tasya bhaavastatattvam yo’rtho
yathaavasthit sthaa tasyabhavanimityarthah. Aryat nishchiyate ityartha. Tattvenaarthastattvaarthah. Athavaa tattvamevaarthastattvaarthah. Tattvaarthasya shraddhaanam tattvaartha shraddhanam samyakdarshanam” Sarvaarthasiddhi; Verse 2.10(paragraph) (Page 6, Author: Aachaarya Pujyapada, Publisher: Bhartiya Gyaana Pith Prakashan, Delhi, year 1989 4th edition)
The word "tattva' means the true nature of a substance. Tattva means knowing a substance exactly as it is. It is the meaning of a word that defines it. It helps determine what the word denotes. Thus, when ‘tattva' {true nature of a substance and ‘artha' {true meaning} come together, the word tattvaartha? is formed. The true and insightful faith in the true nature of a substance, which arises from the pure disposition of the soul, is known as 'tattvaartha shraddhaana'. This is known as 'samyaktva'.
2. "Jiivaajiivaasavabandhasamvaro nijjaraa tahaa mokkho.
Nayaai sattatachyaaim saddahantassa sammattam." ~ Vasunandi Shraavakaachaara Verse 10 (Page 72, Author: Aachaarya Vasunandi, Publisher: Bhartiya Gyaana Pith, Kashi, year 1952)
There are seven tattvas {susbtance) - jiiva (soul/living being), ajiiva {non-living being/insentient manner/corporeal or noncorporeal), aasrava {inflow of karmas in the soul, bandha {bondage of karmas with the soul), samvara (cessation of further inflow of karmas into the soul, nirjaraa {shedding of karmas from the soul and moksha {liberation. Deep and unshakeable faith in these substances is samyaktva.
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