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1.2.14 Samyaktva: Firmness, Protection and Purity
Samyaktva is the pure disposition of the soul. If the soul attains kshaayika samyaktva, its disposition remains constant. It does not alter. There is no fluctuation, tarnishing or slackening in the disposition. But if the soul attains kshaayopashamika samyaktva or aupashamika samyaktva, its dispositions can fluctuate, get tarnished or slacken. In these cases, the disposition of the soul is never constant since the samyaktva in these cases is never constant and keeps coming and going.
At such a time, it is essential to do the following in order to sustain, protect and purify one's samyaktva:
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1. One should increase one's own knowledge as well as help others in increasing their knowledge. 2. One should use one's discretion and speak truthfully, pleasantly, briefly and beneficially. 3. One should remain calm in the face of adversity and never compromise on the truth. 4. One should practise contentedness even in the most trying circumstances. 5. One should attain a clear understanding of the reality of the universe. 6. One should constant reflect upon the following:
May my beginningless false belief of considering sensual pleasure to be true bliss, be destroyed. May there be an end to my sensual cravings. May I seek spiritual bliss. May I stop desiring non-self objects.
May I be freed from desire, covetousness and envy. 7. The desire to gain non-self objects causes agitation. This agitation destroys self-perception and
causes the disease of transmigration. Giving up the desire to acquire non-self objects results in
peace and tranquillity. It is the only way to increase the good qualities of the soul. 8. One should ponder upon the following:
May I truly understand absolute reality. May my delusion disappear. May all my biases vanish after I have understood absolute reality. May I lose my lack of interest in understanding absolute reality.
May I develop great and lasting interest in understanding absolute reality. 9. One should seek the following:
May my misguided faith in the false gods, false preceptor and false faith go away. May I always consider the supremely detached Jinaas as my true gods. May I always consider the ascetic who has accomplished right knowledge, right perception, right conduct and right penance; is unattached and does not have any possessions, as my true preceptor. May I always consider the faith which is personalised by the five vows and distancing itself from sensual desires as my true faith. May I accomplish self-realisation through worshipping the above three entities by following in their footsteps. May I attain my true, eternal, everlasting self, which is distinct from the body and all external dispositions.
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