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Tattvärthasūtra
CHAPTER-1
RIGHT FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE
सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानचारित्राणि मोक्षमार्गः ॥ १ ॥
[ सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानचारित्राणि ] सम्यग्दर्शन, सम्यग्ज्ञान और सम्यक्चारित्र, तीनों मिलकर [ मोक्षमार्ग: ] मोक्ष का मार्ग है, अर्थात् मोक्ष की प्राप्ति का उपाय है।
Right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcarita), together, constitute the path to liberation - mokṣamārga.
The word 'samyak' means 'right' or 'laudable'. It should be prefixed to each of these three words: faith (darśana), knowledge (jñāna), and conduct (căritra). These then become right faith or belief (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcarita). With the addition of the adjective 'samyak', faith becomes 'right' or 'laudable'; faith that is knowledge-based is right faith (samyagdarśana). Knowledge of substances, the soul (jiva) and the others, as these are, is right knowledge (samyagjñāna). The use of the adjective 'samyak' with knowledge wards off faults in knowledge due to delusion (vimoha or anadhyavasaya), doubt (samsaya) and error (viparyaya). The knowledgeable man who is keen to demolish the causes of worldly existence, i.e., transmigration, sheds activity that engenders karmic influx; this shedding of activity is right conduct (samyakcarita). The adjective 'samyak' with conduct rules out the conduct not based on right knowledge.
Etymologically, the word 'darsana' - faith - is 'that which sees', 'that
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