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CHAPTER V
DARSANA INARTICULATE COGNITION
Darsana as Attitude
The term darśana is applied in two senses. In ethical field it means attitude of the soul towards worldly objects. It is right (samyak) if the soul leans towards spiritual progress & believes in liberation as the highest aim of life. It is wrong (mithyā) if the soul is engrossed in worldly pleasures and goes astray from the ultimate goal?. According to Siddhasena Divākara darsana, in the sense of attitude, is to be included into matijñāpa.? But this can be said of the attitude found upto the seventh guñasthāpa only; where right attitude is caused by the rise of samyaktva mohan Iya. The ksayopaśama of matijñānāvarana and the rise of either of the three degrees of darśanamohaniya create a certain attitude of mind towards worldly objects; it is called samyagdssti, mithyādssti or misradęsti as the case may be, Beyond the seventh gunasthāna the aspirant positively gets ksāyika samyaktva which is a natural characteristic of the soul. It exists even in the liberated souls. This attitude is beyond the range of matijñāna. Though ksāyika samyaktva is possible in the fourth gunasthāna also, yet, the existence of other varieties is not ruled out. As a matter of fact, the right attitude can be created in two ways; firstly, it is a result of simple faith produced by the teachings of certain persons to whom we are devoted; or by the books which we hold in high esteem, being the sacred books of our family; or by logical confirmation based on arguments. Secondly, it comes as the result of inner purification; when a person subdues his passions, and rises above the pride apd prejudices, be gets a real and distinct vision of soul and 1. Tattvārtha I. 2. 2. Tattvārtha tikā p. 29
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