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Jaina Ethics
Kundakunda on the eight essentials
Kundakunda in his Samayasāra explains the above eight characteristics from a different point of view. Niśśarkita according to his interpretation, means freedom from fear of seven types. Niskāňkşita means having no yearning for the fruits of one's actions.2 Nirvicikitsă stands for non-abhorrence towards the natural qualities of objects.3 Amūờhadrsti means that one should have no confusion about the nature of things. Upabịhaņa means covering the pseudo-characteristics of self by devotion to Siddhas. Sthirikarana means re-establishing one-self on the right path. Vātsalya is love for three jewels and monks.? Prabhāvanā means devoting oneself to the selfknowledge. 8 The means of attaining samyaktva :
Some people attain samyaktva through intuition (nisarga) others by a study of scriptures (adhigama). The persons having right faith can be classified into ten categories according to the means they adopt for the attainment of samyaktva :
1. Nisarga-Those who have an inborn spontaneous inclination towards righteousness.
2. Upadeśa-Those who learn truth from somebody by instruction.
3. Ajñā-Those who, being free from love and hate, follow the path of righteousness by command.
4. Sūtra—Those who obtain righteousness by the study of sūtras.
5. Bija-Those who comprehend the truth just by
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1. Samayasāra, 228. 2. Ibid., 230. 3. Ibid., 231. 4. Ibid., 232.
Ibid., 233 6. Ibid., 234.
Ibid., 235 8. Ibid., 236. 9. Tattvärthas ütra, 1.3.
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