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riddhi (wealth or affluence or accomplishments), tapas (penance or religious austerities and vapus (body or person or beautiful form or appearance).
It is obvious that all or any or more of these kinds of pride are likely to disturb the equilibrium of mind, and create likes or dislikes for men and matters. In such a case understanding is likely to be erroneous, if not perverted. Naturally an inflated notion of oneself on any of these grounds is likely to cloud the vision. Hence it is necessary that for the blissful drawn of right belief there should be an effacement of these types of pride. (5) Glory of Right Belief:
The Jaina works describe at length the glory of right belief and enumerate the benefits which can be accrued by a person possessing right belief. They go to the extent of declaring that asceticism without faith is definitely inferior to faith without asceticism and that even a low caste man possessing right belief can be considered better fit to attain moral dignity.
In short, the Right Belief is given precedence over Right Knowledge and Right Conduct, because it acts as a pilot in guiding the soul towards moksa, i.e. salvation. Further, there can be no rise, stability, growth and fulfillment of knowledge and character, unless they are founded on right belief or faith Transgressions and blemishes of samyagdarśana
The Tattvārthasūtra speaks of following five transgressions of samyagdarśana: () Sankā (doubt) (ii) Ākānksā (desire) (iii) Vicikitsā (repulsion) (iv) Anyadrstipraśāt (admiration of followers of other
creeds) (v) Anyadrstiprasamstatva (praise of followers of others creeds)
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Story of 12th Chakravarti Brahmadatta
The 12thChakravarti Brahmadatta was the last Chakravarti in the present era (Kalachakra)living in the period of Arishtanemi Tirthankara. The consequences of his auspicious karma in previous births made him Chakravarti king but simultaneously his revengeful karmas and craving pushed him in the seventh hell. His story is very much noteworthy to improve people who indulge in revenge inspite of performing severe austerities.
In the city of Varanasi,king Shankha had a chief minister named Namuchi. Namuchi was keeping relations with the queen. When the king came to know about this, he ordered a Chandal to kill him in the jungle. Namuchi requested the Chandal not to kill him so that he could teach music to his two young children Chitra and Sambhuti. Chandal accepted his humble demand and didn't hurt him. Minister Namuchi started teaching veena and other instruments to the children. Once again, he started keeping relations with Chandal's wife and so was thrown out of the town.
Though being Chandals, both children became very good in music. They travelled different cities and gave musical performances. Namuchi couldn't tolerate their fame and started declaring to everyone about their caste. Both brothers felt so bad with the insults that they decided to end their lives. A Jaina monk saved them and inspired them to accept monkhood. Both performed severe austerity, where younger brother Sambhuti's tapa resulted in auspicious karma of becoming Chakravarti. Once some women arrived to adore them and by mistake one of the lady's hair touched Sambhuti's feet. The Muni Sambhuti felt that in his next birth he also should have such beautiful wives. His younger brother explained to him the bad fruits of such wishes but Sambhuti didn't listen.
After death he was born at Kampilyapur kingdom as Rajkumar Brahmadatta. He became Chakravarti king after winning all the states. Once the Chakravarti had some dispute with his friend. The friend took revenge and threw an arrow at him resulting in the loss of both eyes of the Chakravarti. The king took revenge by taking away the eyes of his friend's family members and the people of his caste. Every day the clever chief minister presented a plate full of fruits similar to eyes. King Brahmadatta was blind so he couldn't realise the difference between eyes and the sticky round seeded fruits.
Thus Chakravarti king Brahmadatta died in RAUDRADHYANA and went to seventh hell after death. His brother Chitra received Kevaljnana and became Siddha. The story of 12th Chakravarti teaches us that one must over power sinful passions to reach final goal of moksa.
