09-30-2022, 03:39 PM
The ascetic (muni, śramana) who has destroyed the delusion-of perception (darśanamoha), has grasped the Doctrine of Lord
Jina, and is established in conduct that is rid of attachment (rāga), is ‘dharma’. Such a profound ascetic is of the nature of
supreme conduct (dharma).
Explanatory Note: The soul itself is ‘dharma’. These three: right faith (samyagdarśana) attained on the destruction of delusion-of perception (darśanamoha), right knowledge (samyagjñāna) attained on assimilation of the Doctrine of Lord Jina, and right conduct (samyakcāritra) attained on ridding the soul of attachment (rāga), together, establish the soul in ‘dharma’. My soul, of the nature of ‘dharma’, now has no enemies (like attachment) and has attained forever its steady and pure state.
Victory to the Doctrine of Lord Jina, which is adorned by the qualifying clause ‘syāt’, meaning ‘in a way’! Victory to the
‘dharma’, pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga), which has endowed me the soul-nature that is established in conduct-without-attachment (vītarāga cāritra)!
This completes the section on Reality of Knowledge (jñānatattva).
Jina, and is established in conduct that is rid of attachment (rāga), is ‘dharma’. Such a profound ascetic is of the nature of
supreme conduct (dharma).
Explanatory Note: The soul itself is ‘dharma’. These three: right faith (samyagdarśana) attained on the destruction of delusion-of perception (darśanamoha), right knowledge (samyagjñāna) attained on assimilation of the Doctrine of Lord Jina, and right conduct (samyakcāritra) attained on ridding the soul of attachment (rāga), together, establish the soul in ‘dharma’. My soul, of the nature of ‘dharma’, now has no enemies (like attachment) and has attained forever its steady and pure state.
Victory to the Doctrine of Lord Jina, which is adorned by the qualifying clause ‘syāt’, meaning ‘in a way’! Victory to the
‘dharma’, pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga), which has endowed me the soul-nature that is established in conduct-without-attachment (vītarāga cāritra)!
This completes the section on Reality of Knowledge (jñānatattva).