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Jňāna Darbana & Caritra in Jainism the only thing which preserved faith from getting perverted and from disappearing.?
Asvaghoşa's graddha or faith is the frst of five indriyas and balas of Buddhism. The representation of srddhā as the seed of higher life is thoroughly Buddhistic. With the canonical dictum saddha bijam, it was easy for Ašvaghoşa to elaborate the idea as contained in his Saundarānanda-avya (Canto XII, 18. 39-413; (of. Saddha btjam tapo vutthi, pannā me yuganangalam ). It has been pointed out by Asvaghoga that of the eight factors that constitute the noble Eightfold path right speech, right action and right livelihood are to be practised for the mastery of the actions Silāsrayam karmaparigrahaya ); right view, right resolve, and right effort are to be practised in the sphere of knowledge for the destruction of passions causing affiictions (prajñasrayam klesapariksayāya ); and right mindfulness and right concentration are to be practised in the sphere of tranquillity for the control of mind ( šamāšrayam chittaparigrahāya ). Broadly speaking, the noble Eightfold path is the development of the five controlling faculties and powers called sraddhā (faith ), virya (onergy ), smriti ( mindfulness ), samādhi (concentration ) and prajñā ( knowledge or wisdom ).
1. Anguttara, I, pp. 16-17; vide al8o Buddhistic studies Ed. B C. Law, Ch. XII. 2 Saundarānanda-avya, XII, 89. 3 Punasca bijamityukta nimittam freyasotpada i Pavanārthēna Pāpasya nadityabhibită punahi Yasmaddharmasya cotpattau Sraddha Karapamuttamami Mayoktā kāryatastasmät tatra tatra tathế tathā it Sraddhānkuramimam tasmát Samvardhayitumarhasi
tad Vriddhau Vardhatë dharmő mülavriddhau yath& drumah it 4 Of, Suttanipata, P. T. S., p. 13; V. 77.
