Spiritual Awakening and other Essays

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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cogitated, the possessor of right belief (spiritual awakening) in turn blows away vices and adopts Sīla and thereby he enjoys prosperity and emancipation. The man possessing Samyagdarśana (spiritual awakening) must recognize his self as his own as well as the causes of his misery, and the means of their elimination. He must recognize passions as his only foes; though he may not know their names, yet he must have the feeling that real happiness requires their extirpation.
· Eight Components of Samyagdarśana: (spiritual awakening)
Let us now dwell upon the eight components of Samyagdarśana. They may also be called the organs of Samyagdarśana. Just as the different organs constitute the body, similarly these eight organs are the integral constituents of Samyagdarśana. The omission of even one of them will inevitably clip the wings of a man who soars high in the realm of spiritualism with the object of quenching his thirst for undying, unabating and soul-enrapturing happiness. Samantabhadra announces that the pain arising from venom cannot be eliminated by using an incomplete Mantra. Similarly he says that Samyagdarśana with mutilated organs is incapable of undermining the disquietude permeating the empirical existence. The eight organs of Samyagdarśana are: (1) Niḥsankita, (2) Nihkāňkṣita, (3) Nirvicikitsā, (4) Amūdhadsșți, (5) Upagūhana, (6) Sthitikaraña. (7) Vātsalya and (8) Prabhāvanā.
First, he who possesses the Nihsankita Anga does not doubt the principle that kindness to all creatures is Dharma and injury to beings is Adharma.? The nature of this Anga must not point to the throttling of the inquisitive nature possessed by man. Doubt is not reprehensible if it aims at the decision of the nature of things. But if pushed
Spiritual Awakening (Samyagdarśana) and Other Essays