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spectacles of passions, attachment and aversion, biased, selfish and ungenerous, for him even a scripture or belief, which is samyak will turn into false belief.
This is underscored by the following gatha,
"Eyaaim michhaditthissa micchattapariggahahiyaaim micchaasuyam, Eyaaim cheva sammaditthissa sammattapariggahiyaaim sammasuyam." - Nandi Suutra, verse 8.6, (Page 212, Author: Lilambai Mahasatiji, Publisher: Gurupraana Foundation, Rajkot (Gujarat), year 1999)
For the mithyaadrishti (one who has false belief}, any scripture will turn into a mithyaa {falsehood promoting scripture, as he will only derive false beliefs from it. For samyakdrishti one who has enlightened perception, any scripture will turn into a samyak {enlightened} scripture, as he will only derive enlightenment from it.
This is the impact of samyaktva. It turns a mithyaa scripture into a samyak scripture!
All it needs is truth in the heart, remaining in the self, a perception free from attachment and aversion, and for such a person, all the scriptures in the world are true. All of them are worthy of emulation. And if such vision is missing, even those scriptures, which are known for being samyak {enlightened} and being the very embodiment of truth, shall remain mithyaa.
The light of samyaktva helps a soul reading a mithyaa scripture derive only samyak teachings from it. The darkness of mithyaatva ensures that even a samyak scripture shall yield only mithyaatva.
Lord Mahavira's teachings were illuminating and enlightenening for his disciples Gautama and Sudharma. But the same teachings served to cause hatred in Goshalaka and Jamaali. Lord Mahavira's teaching was the same to all of them but while Gautama and Sudharma were focused on the purity and truthfulness, Goshalaka and Jamaali were filled with attachment, aversion and egoism. This amply illustrates the impact of samyaktva, which helps the soul find the right path.
In the presence of samyaktva, when the heart is free from all attachment and aversion, waves of pristine disposition rise in the soul. Even though the waves do not reach their acme, since they are waves of shuddha bhaava {pristine disposition), karmas are shed from the soul effortlessly. Also ‘samvara' (cessation of new inflow of karmas} is the most efficient watchman and guards the gateway of the heart. It prevents both auspicious and inauspicious karmas from entering the soul.
This change has come about thanks to the impact of samyaktva.
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