$JES 401 Jain Philosophy and Practice 2 Level 4 Book

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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has been asserted that only on the acquisition of Right Faith, Right Knowledge and Right Conduct will follow. To make it more circumspect and practicable, Right Faith has been described in a restricted way as:
• Belief in the twofold division of the universe, in distinctive living and non-living elements • Belief in the interplay of soul and matter through the process of seven or nine fundamentals
Belief in Tirthankars, Jain Agams (scriptures), and Jain teachers (Sädhus and Sadhvis) Right Faith not only requires the above-mentioned beliefs but also requires rejection of untruth and skepticism. One should not have faith in false deities, false scriptures, and false religious teachers. In short, Right Faith acts as a pilot in guiding the soul towards liberation. Further, there can be no rise, stability, growth, and fulfillment of knowledge and character unless Right Faith precedes them.
Darshan Mohaniya Karma Due to the presence of Darshan Mohaniya Karma (faith deluding Karma), one does not have the absolute true belief. The person who has Samyaktva has suppressed or eradicated the Darshan Mohaniya (Faith deluding) Karma. A person passes through the following three stages of Mithyätva before he/she reaches the Samyaktva state. Mithyätva Mohaniya In this stage a person does not have faith in the reality or Tattvas as
explained by the omniscient (false belief) Mishra Mohaniya In this stage a person does not differentiate between the true beliefs
and false beliefs (mixed belief) Samyaktva Mohaniya In this stage a person has faith in the right belief but that faith does not
stay uninterrupted. In addition, when a person attains Samyag-drashti, he has suppressed or eradicated four Anantänubandhi (long lasting) Kashäya which are anger, ego, deceit and greed Seven Types of Beliefs There are seven types of beliefs ranging from Mithyätva (false belief) to Samyaktva (true belief) as follows: False Belief (Mithyätva) From the beginning of time, the soul is in the state of a deluded world
view or in False Belief. At this stage, the soul is in a spiritual slumber,
unaware of its own true nature. Säsvädana Samyaktva This is a momentary taste of the true belief. This is a feeling of true
belief lasting only for a few moments, which soon gives way to the false belief. This stage has the unusual role of being a pit stop for the soul on its way down from the higher stage at which it had achieved its first taste of enlightened world-view or right faith. It is therefore called the stage of passing taste or lingering enlightened world-view; the soul has lost the immediate experience of enlightenment but retains an after
taste. Mishra Mithyätva
In this stage, there is a transition of the soul from the stage of deluded worldview to that of an enlightened world-view. It is a combination of deluded and enlightened world-view. This occurs only after one has
attained Samyak Drashti once and then fallen back. Aupshamika
Right faith produced by the suppression of the Karma, which causes Samyaktva
disturbance of belief.
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