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The state of self, located in the self...
The devoted pursuit of three gems begets the jiva the unequalled state. Something that was never attained, never understood, never believed, never experienced before, is now attained, understood, believed and experienced.
In Atmasiddhi Shastra the six statements have been explained wonderfully. The eligible disciple has received a revelation of all the six statements. This revelation has become instrumental in getting the disciple a never before experience of the atma. In other words, after properly understanding the six statements, they have been brought into the thought process. Out of this has arisen a marvellous state of thinking. Gurudev had said, 'If you think you will attain'. The disciple has picked up the words of the Gurudev, manifested the state of thinking and attained it.
Here a question arises! If the sages have given this testament of six statements for the attainment of samyaktva, and as a result of following them, the eligible disciple touches samyaktva; if that is the case, then what is the formula that has been stated in the Tattvartha Sutra? In reply to the query of what is Samyaktva, Umaswatiji has said -
तत्त्वार्थ श्रद्धानं सम्यग्दर्शनम्
Faith in the principles is samyag darshan. Is the faith in the nine principles like jiva to be taken as samyag darshan or the faith in six statements to be taken as samyag darshan? If considered discerningly and generously, the six statements encompass the nine principles.
The first in the six statements is ‘soul exists', the second is “it is eternal'. Through these two it is proved that atma is shuddha, buddha, forever benevolent, knower, sensitive in nature, eternally true, uncreated, indestructible, self-made chetan substance -
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