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soon as it starts looking inwards or becomes introspective it gives rise to faith. It not only becomes an aid to faith but an integral part of it.
The Importance Of Right-View -
To realise the full import of right-view, we must appreciate the dreadful nature of false-vision and gauge the harm that can come our way by having it. It has been said that false-vision is the ultimate disease, the ultimate darkness, the ultimate enemy and the ultimate poison. It is the greatest disease because the physical maladies adversely affect only the body, the mental illnesses do so to the mind but false vision corrupts the very soul. It is the darkest of the dark because even the darkest of night can be lighted by a mere lamp but the soul in the grip of false-vision cannot see right even in the broad day-light. It is the most potent enemy, for the other enemies only harm our worldly interests but it hurts to the very core and condemns the false-visioned to eternal cycle of worldly transmigration. It is, also, the most fatal poison since it kills the spirit rather than the body.
Its importance had been realised from the very early stage as is evident from the first place accorded to it amongst the three gems of the path of spiritual emancipation, namely - Samyagdarśan (Right-view), Samyagjñāna (Right-knowledge) and Samyakcăritra (Right-conduct). The Tattvārtha-sūtra very clearly states that these three, in that order, constitute the path of liberation.
From the spiritual point of view, the ultimate goal of every living being is liberation from miserable mundane existence. All that aids the realisation of that goal is important. Again, it is quite logical to think that one can liberate by following the religious faith. The importance of Samyagdarśan or the right faith lies in the fact that it is at the very root of the religious faith (Danisana–mūlao Dhammo). Another view says that liberation 124 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
