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Tattvärthasūtra
Release from all karmas sarvakarmavipramokṣaḥ - is liberation (mokṣa) and the method by which it can be attained is the 'path' (marga). The sūtra uses singular 'margaḥ' to indicate that all three jointly right faith or belief (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcarita) - constitute the path to liberation. This refutes the view that each of these singly constitutes the path to liberation. Hence it must be understood that all three right faith or belief (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcārita) - jointly constitute the direct path to liberation.
The next sūtra defines right faith.
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तत्त्वार्थश्रद्धानं सम्यग्दर्शनम् ॥२॥
[ तत्त्वार्थश्रद्धानं ] अपने - अपने स्वरूप के अनुसार पदार्थों का जो श्रद्धान होता है वह [ सम्यग्दर्शनम् ] सम्यग्दर्शन है।
Belief in substances, ascertained as these are, faith (samyagdarśana).
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'Tattva' is the 'nature' (bhava) of the substance (padartha); the nature of the substance, as it is, is 'tattva'. 'Artha' means 'ascertainment'. The compound ‘tattvārtha' means ascertainment of the substance, as it is. Or, 'tattvärtha' means ascertainment of the nature (bhava) of the substance as the two, the nature (bhava) and the substance (padartha), are not distinct from each other. Belief in what has been ascertained as the nature of the substance is right faith (samyagdarśana).
As this treatise is concerned about the path to liberation, the meaning of the word 'darśana' is taken as 'faith' or 'belief' rather than 'seeing'. Faith or 'darśana' - ascertainment of substances is a characteristic of the soul (ātmā) and when faith becomes right it is called
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