कुन्दकुन्दाचार्य के ग्रन्थों में सम्यग्चारित्र की अवधारणा

Summary

Based on the provided text, this document by Dr. Rajkumari Jain explores the concept of Samyagcharitra (right conduct) in the works of Acharya Kundakunda. It defines Samyagcharitra as a process of continuous self-examination, self-analysis, and self-purification that leads to the attainment of the supreme self. The text explains that the soul, inherently pure consciousness, is trapped in the cycle of birth and death due to ignorance of its true nature, resulting in passions like attachment and aversion, which bind karmic matter. It emphasizes that right conduct must be preceded by right faith and right knowledge. The document distinguishes between the practical (vyavahara) and the real (nishchaya) viewpoints. From the practical viewpoint, right faith is belief in the nine fundamental truths, while from the real viewpoint, it is the soul absorbed in itself. Similarly, right knowledge is knowing these truths practically, but truly knowing the soul. The text argues that a person with right vision understands that while the soul is inherently perfect, its powers are currently obscured by karma, making it dependent on the body and external circumstances. The root cause of this dependence is the soul's own false beliefs and misconceptions, which serve as the material cause for its defiled states, with karmic fruition being the instrumental cause. The document concludes that by abandoning the external self and becoming the inner self through constant meditation on the pure soul, one can attain the supreme self. It describes this state as being free from all karmic stains and passions, characterized by infinite knowledge and bliss. Acharya Kundakunda is cited to explain that true charitra involves constant repentance (pratikramana), renunciation (pratyakhyana), and confession (alochana) of past, future, and present karmic defilements.