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rep. However a samyakdrishti realises that fame or defame are both temporary. And if he is defamed, he realises that it is due to his past karmas and therefore never fears loosing his reputation. He will not bend his principles or be dishonest to save his image.
7. Marana Bhaya: Death is the cessation of the five senses, mind, speech and body, strength, respiration and life span. This is the most petrifying of all fears. It never leaves the minds of ordinary people. It is the most hated, most feared and most detested event in the world. No living being on earth, irrespective of his circumstances, wishes to die. So terrific is the fear of death that people are willing to give up anything in order to save their lives, their possessions, their property and their loved ones. Principles and values stand no chance when death triggers the survival instinct in people. Thus, the fear of death is the greatest and most horrifying fear in the minds and hearts of people.
But a person who has samyaktva does not fear death. He is deeply convinced that death happens to the body and not the soul. He sees death as an intermission, not the end. For him, death is a comma in the endless chain of life. Not a full stop.
One who has attained samyaktva has truly defeated death.
“Sacchassa aanaaye uvattithaye mehaavi maaram taraii” ~ AachaaraangaSuutra, Verse 1.3.3 (Page 128, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, Rajkot (Gujarat), year 1999)
In the presence of truth, the wise person who has attained samyaktva can cross the bridge of death and attain immortality.
The samyakdrishti is a brave indomitable warrior in the face of death. And he who is free from these seven fears is truly nishankitaa {free from all fear and doubt).
The other meaning of nishankitaa is doubtlessness. Doubting the teachings of the Jinaas, the importance of the vows, the veracity of the Tirthankaras indicates that the person either lacks samyaktva or has flawed samyaktva.
It is thus said in the AachaaraangaSuutra,
"Tameva saccham niisankaj jam jinehim paveiiyam" - AachaaraangaSuutra, (Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, Rajkot (Gujarat), year 1999)
One who never doubts the teachings of the Jinaas despite facing the most calamitous circumstances where a mountain range starts shaking or the most unbelievable circumstances - like fire turning
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