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attained liberation in the same birth in which he had fought wars and conquered the world. He meditated upon his soul for a duration of less than 48 minutes and attained omniscience. This is because those who are samyakdrishti are detached during the fruition (uday) of karmas and bear the consequences thereof with calm equanimity. Hence, they do not bind very intense karmas, which would necessitate a great deal of suffering. Through deep meditation and the highest form of immaculate meditation (shukla dhyaana) their karmic bonds fall away.
Aachaarya Amitagati wrote in his Amitagatishraavakaachaara that,
"Paapam yadarjitamanekabhavairdurantaih samyaktvaetadakhilam sahasaa hinasti. Bhasmo karoti sahasaa trinakaashtharaashim kim norjitajjvala shikho dahanah samriddhham.”
Amitagatishraavakaachaara, Verse 2.87 (Page 42, Author: Aachaarya Amitagati, Publisher : Mulchand Kishandas Kapadia Digambar Jain Pustakaalay, Surat, year V.S.2015)
Just as the rising flames of fire immediately consume dry grass and logs of wood, the fire of samyaktva quickly devours all the sins earned over several lifetimes. In his everyday life, the samyakdrishti gains many such benefits. No substance is good or bad by itself. It is our perspective that makes it good or bad. Hence, the principle of samyaktva declares that one should never think of possessing or destroying all the substances in the world. Remain only the detached knower and seer. Flaws and benefits belong not to a substance but to the viewer's own point of view. If we keep indulging in attachment and aversion, we shall never escape the clutches of transmigration. But get rid of attachment and aversion and karmic bondage shall come to a halt. Once that is done, the samyakdrishti finds peace and freedom even while living in sansaara.
This world is like a river filled with the slippery dirt of desires and passions. This dirt causes the river to turn into a lethal whirlpool. The average worldly being gets trapped in this whirlpool very quickly. There are three deadly whirlpools in the river of sansaara. They are, svajana (family and loved ones), svadhana {personal wealth and the quest thereof and svatana (the body. All three are outsiders but the deluded soul considers them to be its own and remains stuck in transmigration because it keeps fighting for them and never experiences the cessation of sorrow.
One who has attained samyaktva remains unaffected by all three whirlpools - svajana, svadhana and svatana.
1. Svajana {family and loved ones - Despite living with his family and loved ones, he realises that
they are 'para' (they are there for this life only and when it is over all will depart separate ways) and he is not strongly attached to them. He plays his role in sansaara and remains unaffected by
all that surrounds him. 2. Svadhana (personal wealth} - The average man is so obsessed with money that he is ready to
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