Niyamsara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Uggar Sain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS,
सम्यक्त्वं संज्ञानं विद्यते मोक्षस्य भवति शृणु चरणम् । व्यवहारनिश्चयेन तु तस्माचरणं प्रवक्ष्यामि ॥ ५४ ॥
54. Listen, (just as) Right Belief and Right knowledge are the (causes of) liberation, (so) is Right Conduct. Therefore I shall describe Right Conduct from (both) the real and the practical points of view.
ववहारणयचरित्ते ववहारणयस्स होदि तवचरणं । णिच्छयणयचारित्ते तवयरणं होदि णिच्छयदो॥५५॥पंचयं। व्यवहारनयचरित्रे व्यवहारनयस्य भवति तपश्चरणं । निश्चयनयचारित्रे तपश्चरणं भवति निश्चयतः॥ ५५ ॥ पंचक।
55. Right conduct from the practical point of view, is to practise austerities from the practical stand-point, while Right Conduct from the real point of view is to observe austerities from the real stand-point.
Commentary.
Right-belief, Right Knowledge together with Right Conduct were described as the path of liberation in Gatha 3.
Belief in order to be called Right Belief must be free from perversity and falsity of motive. Real motive of every mundane soul bent upon spiritual advancement is the realization of the self and the attainment of true and perfect peace, freedom and happiness. All other motives which do not lead towards this goal, but rather mislead the soul towards worldly pleasures, which are in reality the causes of misery, are false and perverse. It is also necessary that right belief should be free from the defects of wavering, impurity and non-steadfastness. In wavering condition of right belief, its substance remains quite sound, but only the form is slightly disturbed as the surface of an ocean is disturbed by waves. to illustrate which is generally quoted the example of a person, who worships Shanti Natha in preference to the other Tirthankaras for acquiring peace, plenty and comfort,
Impurity here implies the following five defects :
(a) Doubt (Shanká), (6) Desire of sense pleasures (Kamkshá), (c) Disgust (Vichikitsa), (d) admiration of wrong believers (Anyadrashti samstava).