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It has been said in the Gynanarnava that,
"Saddarshanamahaaratnam vishvalokaikabhuushanam.
Muktiparyanta kalyaana daanadaksham prakiirtitam."
-Gynaanaarnava, Verse 6.53, (Page 96, Author: Aachaarya Shubhachandra, Publisher: Paramshrut Prabhavak Mandal, Agaas, year 1981)
Samyaktva is the great gem. It is the jewel of the world.
It is renowned for its skill in inspiring the soul to attain liberation.
He who has samyaktva thinks that since he possesses the Chintaamani gem, he need not worry about anything.
Just as the man who discovered the formula to attain the wish-fulfilling cow, the wish-fulfilling tree and the wish-fulfilling gem would enjoy the greatest pleasures on earth, the man who attains samyaktva enjoys the transcendental bliss of liberation.
Gaining samyaktva is like gaining the Kalpavriksha
Samyaktva has been compared to the wish-fulfilling tree. It is said of the wish-fulfilling tree that anyone who sits beneath it and thinks of something in his mind, his wish is fulfilled immediately. Similarly, the spiritual desires of one who has attained samyaktva are definitely fulfilled.
In his Prashnottarashraavakaachaara, Aachaarya Sakalakiirti compares samyaktva to a supreme kalpavriksha and describes each part of it eloquently:
"Jinavaravacho muulastattvasaskandha piithah, sakalagunapayodhi vardhinto vrittashaakhah.
Akhilasamiti-patrapushpabhaaro'vataannah,
shivasukha phalanamro drishti satkalpavrikshah"
-Aachaarya Sakalakiirti. 'Prashnottarashraavakaachaara', verse 11.107
-Samyagdharshana, (Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Samyaktva is the ideal wish-fulfilling tree. The teachings of the Jinaas are the roots of this tree.
The nine substances (nine tattvas) are the pedestal of this tree. This tree is nourished by the sprinkling of the waters of all good qualities like, forgiveness, compassion, excellent conduct, satisfaction, humility, not doubting the teachings of the Jinaas, not seeking temporal gains through spiritual endeavours, etc. The five samitis (carefulnesses) and the three guptis (controls) are the
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