Jinamanjari 1998 09 No 18

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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To those who realize knowledge of the self."
Know ye, soul in intrinsic purity Rests on samyag-darşana, jñāna and cā ritra.
Samyag-darşana- Right Belief. From Jaina philosophical point, it is 'to see into the Reality - logically and rationally.' In other words, 'to look into the nature of Reality.' According to Kundakunda, samvagdarşana is the understanding of the constituent categories of reality in light of the nature of tattvas, and belief in deva, sāstra and guru also become components.
Samyag-jñana-Right Knowledge. According to J.L. Jaini, it is 'an examination in detail of the matter brought into the mind by samyagdarșana, and it preserves from ignorance and indifference. There are five kinds of them."
The examination of reality and understanding knowledge has resulted in two Jaina doctrines:
Anekāntvāda, principle of manysidedness of reality, where recognition of the fact that an object may be perceived from many views or sides while it being one and the same. Syadvāda, a corollary to anekāntavāda, is a theory of knowledge which signifies the relativity and multifaceted nature of human judgment. It is conditioned upon seven assertions.
1. Svādasti
- may be it truly is 2. Syādnāsti
- may be it truly is not 3. Syādastināsti
- may be it truly is and is not 4. Syādavaktavyam - may be inexpressible 5. Syādastiavaktavyam - may be it is expressible 6. Syādnástiavaktavyam - may be it is not and inexpressible 7. Syādastināstiavaktavyam - may be it is and is not and
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Samyag-cūritra-Right Conduct, the third jewel of Jainism, ‘is living a life in accordance with the light gained by the first two jewels: samyagdarşana and jñāna. Right conduct must be such as to keep the body down and elevate the soul."
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