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Letter 19
From the above discussion you will realise that the substances themselves are neither the cause of the attachments nor aversions but the wrong belief about the true nature of substances and fundamental principles is the real cause of Kashayas.
The wrong belief about these principles, the wrong knowledge one aquires due to this wrong belief and the wrong conduct or behaviour taking place due to wrong belief and knowledge are called Mithya Darshan मिथ्यादर्शन, Mithya Dnyan मिथ्याज्ञान and Mithya Charitra मिथ्या चारित्र respectively.
This misconception or wrong understanding is going on since times immortal and hence it can be considered as natural. This is known as Agruhit Mithyatva sata forma and Mithyatva acquired by following Kudeva, Kuguru and Kushastra is called Gruhit Mithytva Tata fuera.
All the other species of life like birds and animals have only Agruhit Mithyatva. But human beings have proved their dubious greatness in this field as well. They have acquired Gruhit Mithyatva as well alongwith Agruhit Mithyatva hence intensity of Mithyatva increases.
In fact, in this human life there is only one thing worth doing. And that is the achievement of Samyak Darshan and thereby gaining more and more Veetaragata Each Jain scripture teaches you this same thing. In Ratnakarand Shravakachar also first chapter is regarding Samyak Darshan. The first and foremost duty of a Shravak is to attain Samyak Darshan. Because Samyak Darshan, Samyak Dnyan and Samyak Charitra together is called Dharma or Moksha Marga Atert i.e. the path to attain salvation. Acharya Umaswamy in the very beginning of the scripture Tattvarthasutra (तत्त्वार्थसूत्र) says - “सम्यकदर्शन ज्ञान चारित्राणि hart:Ora wart Harce astra I " which means belief in the true nature of the substances as they are is called Real Right Belief.
Similarly in Ratnakarand Shravakachar Acharya Samantbhadra says "FEfe T aft er groturi: fas: 1" and " A MaretATA NIT, 114, mergai " -This means right belief in true God, monks, and scriptures is called Samyak Darshan.
Now here you are likely to get confused for you may wonder as to which Samyak Darshan we should acquire ? Should we acquire that Samyak Darshan which is defined as Tattvartha Shradhanam or the one which is defined as right belief in true God, monks and scriptures ? Actually both mean the same. Once you know the nature of the fundamental principles you will realise that both are one and the same thing.
The first and most important condition to bear in mind here is that, · the principles must be those which are preached by the Arihant/Jinendra.
