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Shedding of Karma (Nirjarā)
115
Ācārya Samantabhadra goes to the extent of saying in stanza 1-17 of Ratnakaranda Śrāvakācāra (Ratnakaranda Śrāvakācāra is a classic scripture related with the code of conduct of householders) that a SamyagDrști has affection for all the living beings on the path of liberation. Regarding the description of Prabhāvanā attribute from the relative point of view stanza 1-18 of Ratnakaranda Śrāvakācāra is also worth noting. There Ācārya Samantabhadra says that an enlightened being makes efforts to enlighten others by appropriately removing the darkness of ignorance through the preaching of the omniscient Jinendra Deva.
In the commentary Tātparyavrtti written by Ācārya Jayasena, a few words of stanza 236 are somewhat different from what has been written in ĀtmaKhyāti by Ācārya Amrtacandra. The stanza mentioned above describes the version of ĀtmaKhyāti. In Tātparyavrtti, the stanza is as follows:
Vijjārahamārūdho maņoraharaesu haņadi jo cedā. So jiņaņāņapahāvi sammāditthī muñedavvo. ||236||
Meaning: A living being who is mounted on the chariot of knowledge and destroys the [oneness with the] desires arising in the mind-chariot is to be known as the enlightened being propagating the preaching of omniscient Jinendra Deva.
It may be noted that both the versions reveal a common theme that by keeping oneself on the chariot of knowledge an enlightened being propagates the preaching of Jinendra Deva.
As an instrumental cause, the life of a SamyagDrști creates some effect on the persons who interact with him. Ācārya Kundakunda says that the effect amounts to the propagation of preaching of Jinendra Deva. In other words, the happiness (as well as response to the occasional adverse circumstances) reflected by the life of a SamyagDrști in itself may become the source of inspiration to those who come in contact with him/her.
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