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recognised Moksha as the aim for its votaries. And with them Moksha means the liberation “from all Karmic matter, owing to the non-existence of the cause of bondage and to the shedding (of all the Karmas) "1 Meaning thereby, the soul must be free from all Karmas, the fresh passage of them must be stopped and the already depositted ones should be completely destroyed. The above explanation is rather technical. “Jainism with such a clear cut definition, stands beyond the reach of the difficulties with which the Dualists and the Non-dualists are generally charged." It is the Spiritual Swarga of the soul from the Karmic fetters whether of iron or of gold."?
With Sankhyas the path leading to salvation consists in the knowledge of twenty-five principles and thereby separating the Prakriti from Purusha; with the Yoga school it consists in the meditational absorption after going through a series of steps of physical, moral and mental training; with Bhakti-marga it consists in Faith based an neither reason nor intution-and it reaches the bank of what is called Blind-faith With the Jains the path of Salvation consists in Samyagdarsana, Samyagjnana and Samyakcharitra_3 all taken together. For the sake of convenience we may translate them as Right-faith, Right-knowledge and Right-conduct. In this article we propose to deal with the first,
Ancient Acharyas have given greater importance to Samyagdarsana and they have spoken of it in glorious terms. This is considered to be the root of all Dharma and it is the first step of the ladder leading to Salvation. Let' me quote in translation some original passages where it is described. “In whose heart there is going on forever the flow of the water of Samyaktoa, the Karmic-sandy cover of his, though binding, is destroyed 4 “Those whose hearts have been purified by Right-faith become the lords of splendour, energy, wisdom, prowess, fame, wealth, victory and greatness ; they are born in high families and possess the ability to realise the highest ideals, (Dharma
1. T. Sutra X. 2. 2. Samayasar 146. 3. T. S. I.
4. Darsan Pahuda 7. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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