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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"Shuddhajiivaastikaayaruchiruupasya nishchayasamyaktvasya"
-Aachaarya Padmaprabha's commentary on the Niyamasaara, Verse 3 -Samyagdharshana; (Page 279, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Unwavering interest in the unblemished nature of the soul is the key characteristic of nischaya samyaktva (enlightened perception from the absolute/transcendental viewpoint).
"Aatmamaatraruchih samyakdarshanamokshahetukam"
Tadviruddhamatimithyaadarshanam bhavahetukam
~Amarabharati, page 1, August 1972,
-Samyagdharshana; (Page 279, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Focused and unwavering interest in the true nature of the soul is samyaktva and is the primary cause of liberation. As opposed to this, focus on external substances (both sentient and insentient) is false belief and leads to further transmigration.
The state of paramaatmaaa (supreme self) is that transcendental bliss which is experienced when the soul distances itself from attachment and aversion. This state of paramaatmaa is upaadeya (worth adopting and internalising optimally as it is central to liberation) in all ways. And the desire to attain this state of paramaatmaa is known as samyaktva.
"Appaa appammirao sammaitthii havei phudu jiivo"
Jina Suutra, Verse 2.63
~Samyagdharshana; (Page 279, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981).
The inward focus of the soul is the clearest indication of the presence of samykatva.
An important question arises here:
Many religions accept the existence of the eternal soul. Does this mean that all those religions have been founded by enlightened men?
This is answered eloquently in the 'Panchaadhyaayii':
"Na syaadaatmopalabdhirvaa samyakdarshanalakshanam.
Shudhaa chedasti samyaktvam na chetshuddhaa na saa sudrig"
-Panchadhyayi, Verse 2.215 (Page 222, Author: Kavi Rajamalla, Publisher: Ganeshvarni Digambar Jain Sansthaan, Varanasi, (UP), year 1986)
The key attribute of samyaktva is not merely accepting and knowing the soul. It is only when the