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Mankkhali putra Goshalaka was a contemporary of Lord Mahavira. His arrogance led him to believe that he was omniscient and Lord Mahavira was not! This extreme arrogance led to his downfall. His story is well known to us all. Such conceit with respect to one's knowledge sullies one's samyaktva.
11. Aishvarya Mada (conceit regarding one's wealth)
Great wealth gives rise to great conceit. Wealth comes about because of past karmas. If one is obsessed with it, one will be unable to earn the true wealth-spiritual purity. If one's priorities are not clear, one can quickly become really attached to the dirt of material wealth. And then one forgets the true path, the true religion and true faith. And samyaktva is lost.
These eight types of conceit sully samyaktva. They are the root cause of quarrels, tensions, sorrow and obsessive behaviour.
Aachaarya Samantabhadra has written that,
"Smayena yo'anyaanatyeti dharmasthaan garvitaashayah.
So'tyeti dharmamaatmiiyam na dharmo dharmikairvinaa"
~Aachaarya Samantabhadra, 'Ratnakarandakashraavakaachaara', verse 26
-Samyagdharshana; (Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher. Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
He who insults other religious people out of arrogance, is in reality insulting his own faith. No faith can survive without its followers. Evidently, arrogance and conceit do not help the soul. They lead to its downfall.
An aayatana is a sanctuary or shelter. Therefore, an anaayatana is a concept or place or person which is a non-shelter on account of its being inherently false/deluded. In order to protect and purify one's samyaktva, one needs to stay away from the six anaayatanas.
Those who have samyaktva but choose to spend their time with those who have mithyaatva {false faith), who get into discussions and debates with them, who welcome them, risk the danger of losing the right path. Hence, it is both pragmatic and gainful to stay away as much as possible from all manifestations of false faith. The six anaayatanas are given below:
12. Mithyaa Darshana Anaayatana (the non-sanctuary of false perception}
13. Mithyaa Gynaana Anaayatana (the non-sanctuary of false knowledge}
14. Mithyaa Chaaritra Anaayatana (the non-sanctuary of false conduct}
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