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The greatest reward of unblemished samyaktva is explained as under:
"Atichaaravinirmuktam yo dhatte darshanam sudhiih tasya mukti samaayaati naakasaukhyasya kaa kathaah" -Bhattaraka Sakalakirti's 'Prashnottarashraavakaachaara', Verse 11.94
Samyagdharshana; (Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981) What can one say of heavenly pleasures? Liberation itself seeks the wise one who has attained unblemished samyaktva.
Only in the presence of samyaktva can the modes of right conduct such as non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity and non-hoarding become meaningful in terms of religion. Not otherwise. This has been explained below.
Which basically means that dharma can only be gained through unblemished perception and appropriate conduct, which is consonance with the norms of non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy and non-hoarding.
To understand this better, let us consider appropriate conduct, which is consonance with the norms of non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy and non-hoarding. If it is not accompanied by samyaktva, it cannot be dharma. Yes, such conduct shall certainly gain punya (merits for the practitioner. And these merits shall bring all sorts of worldly and material pleasures to the practitioner. He could also be reborn as a celestial being! But because of the absence of samyaktva, the practitioner could find it extremely difficult to take birth in the Jain faith, develop an interest in the faith and tread on the path of purification. Hence, there is a difference between gaining merits and gaining samyaktva.
It is extremely important to know the definition, attributes and true nature of the purity of samyaktva. Different seers have given differents attributes to the same phenomenon.
1. Aachaarya Pujyapada in his "Sarvaarthasiddhi' commentary on Aachaarya Umasvati's
Tattvaarthasuutra' has said that deep and unshakeable faith and abiding interest in the path of liberation as explained by the Jinaas, accompanied by the eight limbs of samyaktva together constitute purity of perception.
2. "Dansanam sammaddansanam tassa visujjhadaa...timuudhaabodha- atthamalavadiritta sammadansanabhaavo dansanavisujjhadaa naama"
Samyagdharshana; (Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
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