According to Jainism, achievement of ‘Kevallya’ (Salvation) is the only main object of Jainism to attain salvation by conquering the worldly temptations and the senses. In Jainism salvation is called ‘Keyvallya’. To get salvation, Mahaveer Swami had told 3 remedies which were later called‘Triratna’.
(i) Samyak-Gyan (Knowledge),
(ii) SamyakDarshan,
(iii) Samyak Charitra.
(i) Samyak Gyan (Knowledge) : It means complete and true knowledge.
Five types of knowledge are given in Jainism.
- Mati (bias) that means knowledge gained by the senses.
- Shruti (revelation, organ of hearing) : that means knowledge gained by listening or describing.
- Term knowledge : that is the divine knowledge of anything kept somewhere.
- Minded options, that is knowledge of other persons through thoughts and ideology.
Salvation knowledge : that is complete knowledge after this achievement nothing is left over. Mahaveer Swami told that to achieve true and complete knowledge, man should study and follow the teachings of the Tirthankaras.
(ii) Samyak Darshan : It means to have full faith in Jain tirthankaras and their teachings. In order to bring true knowledge to life, every person should have complete faith and belief in the Tirthankaras. Eight limbs of Samyak Darshan are described :
(a) Keep away from doubt
(b) Abandoning the desire of worldly pleasure
(c) Do not walk on the wrong path
(d) Do not be distracted by superstitions
(e) Stand firm on the right beliefs
(f) Have a common love for everyone
(g) Have full faith and belief in Jain principles.
In addition, in Jainism it has been taught to stay away from superstitions and hypocrisy,
(iii) Samyak Charitra : It means that one can attain knowledge only by keeping one’s senses under control. Therefore, he should have restraint on the senses. Under this five Mahavratas for the monks and five Anuratas (Atom) for the grahastha (households) have been laid down and emphasis on virtue and truthfulness is laid.
Following the triratna, the flow of karma towards the creature stops which is called ‘Samvar’ karma accumlated from Sadhana (accomplish by meditation) starts destroying this state, this is called ‘Nirjara’. The person, whose karma is compleely exhausted, he gets salvation or keyvallya.
After getting kevallaya (salvation), the creature is exempted from the cycle of birth and death from this world. Then the creature attains infinite wisdom, infinite vision and eternal happiness, which is known as ‘Anant Chatustya’ in Jainism.
