Jaina Acara Siddhanta aur Svarupa

Author(s): Devendramuni
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Jaina Acara : Siddhanta aura Swarüpa of right faith is like the first one. Whatever thought, good or bad, find an entrance into his mind is cast out instantaneously. The man of perverted vision sets the seal of attachment on whatever comes his way. A boat rows in water but no water is inside it. If per chance water gets inside, the boat cannot but capsize.
The right faith is either natural or acquired. Innate Karmic particles get attenuated,when deluding forces cease altogether. The culminating point is self-realization. When faith in truth is generated by listening to sermons, cogitation or study it is said to be acquired. A wayfarer may miss the way. After some attempt he comes on to the right track. This is natural. Some other traveller has to ask for the path and only then he can walk with confidence. This is acquired, not naturally learnt.
Souls can be divided under three heads (1) outer self (ü) inner self (iii) super self. The outer self is wholly extrovert. Because of deluding and obscuring Karmas he remains incapable of realising his self. What is not his he wants to appropriate to himself. As one misconceives west to be east and never reaches has destinaion, so also the extrovert has never any inclination to see within. Not all extroverts, however, are alike. Some of them are able to shed off their Karmic particles to a great extent and also stop their inlet.
Yathāpravștti Karana - is of two kinds : General and specific. Even an ordinary person may reach the first state but only an exalted person can atttain the second one. When one gets above attachment and aversion, his development turns out to be unprecedented. This is why it is called Apūrvakarana' i.e. what never happened before. Love and hate form a knot which cannot be untied without an unusual happening. Jinabhadragani Ksamāsramana has said, "The way attachment and aversion affects the soul is a veritable knot. It can be untied with great difficulty. It's like a hidden bamboo which can rarely be pierced. But when it happens, it gives ineffable joy to the person concerned. It is known as 'Anivsttikarana', which is a gate to rightness. Right faith illumines the soul so much that a complete transformation is noticeable in his personality. Here are five characteristics which distinguish him from others. The first is 'Prašama'. Man has ever been entertaining false notions. Passions of which there is no end have vitiated his life. Ignorance has been the besetting sin. With the end of delusion and corroding passions, when right knowledge dawns on man he feels relieved and released from constricting bondage. All his aberrations thus come to an end.
The second characteristic is 'Samvega' which means the fear of worldly bondage. He who has right faith is always fearless. He never falters but while even contemplating something wrong, his conscience pricks him and he is in the grip of fear. His habitual goodness reclaims him with the result that soon enough he finds himself on the right track once again. This is 'Samvega'.