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The True Perception... The Right Faith.. "Samayk Darshan"
Prachi Dhanvant Shah
Recently, while driving down the road, I read a beautiful quote on a hoarding. It said, "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but it is learning to dance in the rain". After I read this, I had an intense interrogation with myself. Several questions and this quote gave me every answer to it. We are given this life and are born on this universe for a reason. For all of us, this reason would be variable. But this reason possibly would be defined and justified by ourselves. Amongst all, a bit of a reason is to sustain right faith ( Samyak Darshan) towards our religion and in accordance with this ideal jewel, experience the bliss to the path of liberation. And when we learn to relish in this shower of right faith, one can never be unhappy and distressed in life. Because the intensity of Samyak Darshan would keep our soul connected intensely to
Tirthankar Bhagwaan and teachings of Mahavira. It is ideally insistent to keep our faith strong to rave blissfully during the fractional downpour of life and not to be shaken by its harsh intensity.
One who understands Jainism and constraints right faith towards this religion is the one who would be a blissful soul always. Ratnatarya, the three Jewels of Jainism Right Faith (Samyak Darshan ), Right Knowledge (Samyak Gyan) and Right conduct (Samyak Charitra) are the upwellings to the path of liberation. This element is distinctly cited in the very first shloka of sacred Jain text - Tattvârthasûtra. Allow me to put forth my ideology about Samayak Darshan, the true perception, the right belief. But before that, I would like to reconnoiter the benefits we would acquire through right faith. It is our human nature that unless we do not see any benefit out of it, we would not be inclined towards it wholeheartedly. In this worldly era of loss and profit, it is very much factual of a human nature to personify advantages and disadvantages of any act he performs. But this would be ideally applicable to materialistic substances of this worldly life. How about something that gives you immense profit but costs you nothing? How about you achieve a lifelong benefit which is invaluable, precious and
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peerless without any give away and losses? Such an incomparable and esteemed gem is acknowledged as Samyak Darshan - Right Faith. In absence of Samyak Darshan, immense penance, enormous knowledge, everything is insignificant. If there is no existence of right faith within oneself, it is unfeasible to step up on to the path of liberation. Although, you procure right knowledge and right conduct in life, but if there is no right faith, everything else is of no implication and is insignificant. In other words, Samyak Darshan is an idyllic and initial commencement to the spiritual journey in one's life. Adoration to right faith in our daily life is invariably significant for every individual, who seek for Moksha and salvation.
The word Samyak Darshan - Right faith can be
expressed in several theoretical and metaphysical definitions. But to articulate in correlation to today's century, I would input Samyak Darshan as a deep
connection to oneself and achieve self-realization. An individual who is conscious of all his acts ceaselessly has Samyak dhrasthti, be it worldly or religious, is inevitable to attain Samyak Darshan. Every minute act one performs in his daily life if it is implemented with absolute vigilance and cognizance, Samyak Darshan is conceivable incontestably. He who never disconnects himself from his soul and is always connected to his subconscious mind. Samyak Darshan could be said as a conceptual correlation to your subconscious mind. What we restore in our subconscious mind, if it is with right faith and belief, it would undeniably augment your spiritual journey to the path of liberation. There exists a foreseeable ability within ourselves to enhance our subconscious mind and contour our soul as per our aspiration. Science proves this fact that our thoughts are powerful enough to bring things into existence and heal ourselves. To be precise and to put it in scientific term, "Placebo" effect is the scientific proof to this fact. What we think in our subconscious mind, is absorbed by the neurons of your body cells and mind, enforcing you to act and react subsequently in accordance with your
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