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Samyaktva is the primary means to purify flawed consciousness
Without samyaktva, a person cannot purify flawed consciousness. Attachment and aversion sully one's consciousness. The seeker corrects this through samyaktva. Through his own pure disposition, he blocks flawed consciousness and sheds impure thoughts from his soul.
Just as sadness is a parabhaava {extraneous disposition of the soul, happiness too is a parabhaava {extraneous disposition of the soul. When one has a vast stock of punya karmas {meritorious karmas, one experiences more happiness than sadness. Such a person may be reborn in the heavens. And when one has a vast stock of paapa karmas (sinful karmas), one experiences more sadness than happiness. Such a person may be reborn in the hells. Whoever has attained samyaktva realises that both happiness and sadness are extraneous dispositions. He thus remains in a state of equanimity, which is his own true disposition. By remaining in equanimity, he sheds karmas. Hence, anything that takes the consciousness from its external focus into its internal focus is samyaktva.
The seeds of becoming the supreme self lie in samyaktva
Since samyaktva was attained, the seeds of becoming the supreme transcendental self have been sown in the soul. The soul, which has attained samyaktva becomes praiseworthy. It is certain to attain the supremely detached disposition that shall help it attain the transcendental state of supreme bliss. After attaining supreme bliss, nothing else remains to be achieved.
Question: After attaining samyaktva, does the living being attain liberation automatically? Or does he have to make special focused efforts to do so?
Answer: One has to make focused and diligent efforts to attain samyaktva. One has to make even more diligent efforts to retain samyaktva. Subsequently, the seeker has to make increasingly perfect efforts in terms of purifying his knowledge, conduct and penance in order to purify his soul. Some seekers quickly begin the journey of self-purification after attaining samyaktva and attain the bliss of liberation. But this is not true for all those who have attained samyaktva. Many living beings need to make specialised efforts after attaining samyaktva. If the efforts are carried out without complete attentiveness, or if certain types of karmas come into fruition (uday), the soul may lose its samyaktva for a while. But it is certain whoever has attained samyaktva once, even though momentarily, shall most definitely attain liberation.
The explanation for this is as follows: the seeds of the supreme state are sown in his soul of one who is deeply and unshakably convinced of the pure soul that he is. Samyaktva is the seed and the supreme state of the soul, when omniscience is achieved, is the tree that grew from it.
Whenever one wishes to grow a tree, one plants a seed. One does not plant a tree! The small insignificant-looking seed contains a large verdant tree within its tiny body. At the appropriate time,
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