Chapter - 1

Now begins the First Chapter

Right vision, knowledge, and conduct constitute the path to liberation. (1)

original Sanskrit: "Samyag-darśana-jñāna-cāritrāṇi mokṣamārgaḥ"

[ Right vision, knowledge, and conduct ] Right vision often called right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct—these three together constitute the [ path to liberation ], which is to say, they are the means to attain spiritual freedom.

Right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct (together) constitute the path to liberation.

Belief in the nature of reality is right vision. (2)

original Sanskrit: "Tattvārtha-śraddhānaṃ samyag-darśanam"

[ Belief in the nature of reality ] To have faith in the true nature of substances—such as the soul jīvaThe conscious living principle or soul. and other fundamental entities—is [ right vision ].

Belief in substances ascertained as they are is right faith.

That [vision] arises either naturally or through instruction. (3)

original Sanskrit: "Tan-nisargād-adhigamād-vā"

[ That ] right vision arises [ naturally ] through one's own internal disposition [ or ] it is produced [ through instruction ] by the teachings of others.

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Glossary of terms: Right Vision (Samyag-darshana), Right Knowledge (Samyag-jnana), Right Conduct (Samyag-charitra), Path to Liberation (Moksha-marga), Nature of Reality (Tattvartha), Natural/Spontaneous (Nisarga), Instruction/Acquisition (Adhigama), Jainism, Aphorisms on the Nature of Reality (Tattvartha Sutra)