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He who, by immersing himself in the above contemplations, attains firmness in his samyaktva and rational ability, becomes 'sthitaprajna' {firm in judgment and wisdom, calm and contented as per the Shrimad Bhagavadgita and ‘sthitaatmaa' {soul in a state of equanimity) as per the AachaaraangaSuutra. To achieve all this, it is essential to steep the mind in samyaktva. For this, one has to ceaselessly follow the code of conduct for samyaktva. This is both necessary and important if one wants to retain one's samykatva.
Protecting one's Samyaktva
In this world, whatever is extremely precious and essential has to be protected with great diligence and alertness in order not to lose it.
Similarly, in the spiritual world, the most important thing for the soul is 'samyaktva'. Samyaktva is attained with great difficulty and is equally difficult to retain. It is the key to unlock the safe of liberation. If we were to lose the keys, we would never be able to achieve liberation.
Now that we have emphasised the importance and preciousness of samyaktva and underlined how hard it is to attain it, let us examine how one may attain and protect samyaktva.
We have discussed earlier as to how samyaktva may be attained. But in order to understand how to safeguard samyaktva, we need to know precisely what we need to safeguard from. Which is the thief, which could steal our samyaktva?
Mithyaatva (false belief is the one impediment to samyaktva. Just as darkness obstructs light, mithyaatva obstructs samyaktva.
Hence, it is extremely important to save ourselves from mithyaatva. True knowledge and conduct cannot be attained while mithyaatva exists in the soul. Mithyaatva pollutes our vows and our self-restraint. In fact, it nullifies them. Mithyaatva turns a person's thinking, faith, interest, insight, ascertainment and convictions in the wrong direction.
It has been written in the Bhaktaparigyna Prakirnaka that:
“Na vi tam karei aggii, ne a visam kinhasappo a. Jam kunai mahaadosam tivvam jiivassa micchatta"
Bhaktaparigyna Prakirnaka, verse 61 (Page 18, Author: Aachaarya Virbhadra, Publisher: Harshpushpamrut Granthmala, Halar (Gujarat), year 1986)
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