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The power of right faith (Samyag Darshan) is not destroyed by death; just as ignorant people, due to their attachment to passions (ragadi bhavas), are bound by their past karma, which ripens and is consumed, yet the wise, through their invincible knowledge (Jnana Samarthya), are not bound by the passions, even though they experience them, because of the power of their right faith. - This is the power of knowledge. (2) Just as a man who drinks honey does not become intoxicated due to his lack of desire, similarly, the wise are not bound by the consumption of matter (dravya) due to their lack of desire. If a man, despite having a strong desire for liquor, does not become intoxicated due to the power of his strong aversion, similarly, the wise, due to their strong aversion to all objects (dravya), are not bound by the consumption of objects, even though they experience them, due to the power of their strong aversion. - This is the power of detachment (Vairagya).
Thus, the story of the wise men with right faith (Samyag Darshan), like the Tirthankaras, is different. Even though they are driven by past karma and remain in the world due to the ripening of their past actions (Prarabdha Uday), they are still beyond the world (Asansari), and even though they experience the world, they are not bound by it. They have the ultimate detachment (Nitt Vairagya) towards the world. Because their body is a plaything in the world, it dies, but their mind is in liberation (Moksha). As Shriman Haribhadrasuriji has said,
“Moksha is in the mind, not in the body.”
The activities of the wise who are in the world are like the dances of puppets in a puppet show, they are not binding. And this "Yoga Maya" is for the purpose of grace (Kanugraha). Other philosophers also say this, and there is no fault in it.
“The activities of the wise are like the dances of puppets in a puppet show. The wise are not bound by the world.” - Shri Adhyatma Saar.
And we don't need to go far to find an example of such an exceptional, supremely powerful, wise soul with right faith (Samyag Darshan). We can find a shining example of this in the life of Shrimad Rajchandraji, the supreme seer of truth, who lived in the present age. This supremely wise man with right faith (Samyag Darshan) had to remain in the world due to the ripening of his past actions (Prarabdha Uday), even though he did not want to, but every moment he was completely detached from the world.
“Just as a man who drinks honey does not become intoxicated due to his lack of desire, similarly, the wise are not bound by the consumption of matter (dravya) due to their lack of desire.” - Shri Samayasar.
“Just as a man who drinks honey does not become intoxicated due to his lack of desire, similarly, the wise are not bound by the consumption of matter (dravya) due to their lack of desire.” - Shri Vandittasutra.