Ethical Doctrines in Jainism

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur

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M. SAMYAGDARŠANA AND THE SEVEN TATTVAS
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Samyagdarśana." This is due to the fact that Suddhanaya consists in recongnising the self as unbound and untouched by Karmas and as devoid of the possibility of fusion of the accidental psychical states of attachment, aversion and the like. It also regards the self as perdurable, as undifferentiated in spite of the psychic qualities of knowledge, perception etc., and, lastly, as destitute of the distinctions caused by impure modifications of the four grades of existence. Thus Samyagdarśana which amounts to spiritual conversion is to be equated with the belief in Suddhanaya. Hence the two are synonymous. This delineation of Samyagdarśana must not imply the cancellation of the belief in the seven Tattvas, as may be considered, but they should be comprehended and believed from the Paramărthika point of view, which again points to the belief in the paramount principle of self. To sum up, the self must believe in its true nature, which indicates that Samyagdarśana and the true self are identical, the former being the inalienable characteristic of the latter. Thus Vyavahāra Samyagdarśana is valid and successful if it gives rise to Niścaya Samyagdarśana.
KINDS OF SAMYAGDARSANA: In the Jaina literature, different kinds of Samyagdarśana have been enumerated from diverse stand-points. Some passionate and all dispassionate souls possess Samyagdarśana; hence we may speak of Samyagdarśana as Sarāga and Vītarāga respectively. Again, Samyagdarśana is of three kinds:& Ksāyopaśamika, Ksāyika and Aupaśamika, which will be dealt with in the subsequent chapter. Samyagdarśana is again of two types. When it is selfoccasioned, i.e., occasioned without any manifest instruction, it is styled Nisargaja, and when it is evoked on account of the preaching of the Guru, it is entitled Adhigamaja.?
EIGHT COMPONENTS OF SAMYAGDARSANA FROM THE EMPIRICAL POINT OF VIEW: Let us now dwell upon the eight components of Samyagdarśana. They may also be called the organs of Samyagdarśana. Just as the different organs constitute the body, so also these eight organs are the integral constituents of Samyagdarśana. The omission of even one of them will inevitably clip the wings of a man who longs to soar high in the realm of spiritualism with the object of quenching his thirst for undying, unabating and soul-enrapturing happiness. Samantabhadra
1 Samaya. Comm. Amfta. 12. 2 Samaya. Comm. Amộta. 14. 3 Ibid. 4 Puru. 22. 5 Sarvārtha. p. 10. Kärtti. 308, 309.
7 Sarvärtha. I-3.