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

Page 60

Learned seers of both traditions, Shvetambara as well as Digambara, have kept the above four aspects in mind while defining the word samyaktva. Thus:
"Yaa deve devataabuddhirgurau cha gurutaamatih
Dharme cha dharmadhiih shuddhaa samyaktvamidam uchyate” – Aachaarya Hemacandra's 'Yogashastra', Verse 2.2 (Page 20, Publisher: Mahaveer Jain Vidhyalaya, (Govaliatank rd) Mumbai, year 1949)
Firm conviction in the true god, in the true preceptor and in the true religion is an attribute of pure samyaktva.
"Naastyarhat paro devo, dharmo naasti dayaam vinaa
Tapah param cha naigranthyametat samyaktvalakshanam" ~ Pujyapada Shraavakaachaara, Verse 14 -Samyagdharshana; (Page 248, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Samyaktva is firm conviction that there is no god greater than the Arihantas, no religion greater than compassion and no preceptor greater than the Jain renouncer who is immersed in penance and self-control.
“Nijjayadosam devam savvajiyaanam dayaavaram dhammam Vaajjiyagantham gurum mannadi so husaditthi"
~ Kartikeyanupreksha, Verse 317 (Page 224, Author: Svami Kartikeya, Publisher: Srimad Rajchandra Ashram, Agaas, year 1960)
The attributes of samyaktva are - acceptance of the flawless, supremely detached ones as the true gods; acceptance of the religion that espouses compassion towards all living beings as the true religion and acceptance of unattached monks as the true preceptors.
"Hinsaarahiye dhamme atthaarahadosa vajjiye deve Nigganthe pavvayane saddahanam hoi sammattam” –Moksha Prabhrita, Verse 90 (Page 578, Author: Aachaarya Kundakunda, Publisher: Laadmal Jain Shantiveer Digambar Jain Mandir, Mahaveerji, (Rajasthan) year V.S. 2494)
Samyaktva is firm conviction in the non-violent religion, in the Jinaas who are free from eighteen flaws and in the teachings of the undetached monks.