In Jain dharma, bhakti (devotion) and surrender can help lead to samyak drishti (samyak darshan / samkit – right faith), but only in a particular way.

1. What is samyak drishti?

Samyak drishti = right faith / right vision. It is clear, doubt‑free conviction in the truths taught by the Jinas: soul, karma, bondage, liberation, and the true path. It destroys mithyātva (wrong belief) and is the first jewel of the three jewels.

2. When does bhakti help in gaining samyak drishti?

Bhakti helps when it is:

• Directed to the Panch Parmeshti

Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Sadhu – not to worldly gods or for material gains.

• Based on right understanding

You see Arihant/Siddha as vitrag, kevali, liberated, not as wish‑fulfilling deities for money, health, etc.

• Accompanied by vivek (discrimination)

You listen to true Jain teachings, think on tattvas, reflect on impermanence, karma, and moksha – and your devotion turns into deep inner respect for truth, not just emotional singing or rituals.

Such shuddha bhakti softens mohaniya karma, creates vairagya (dispassion) and shraddha (faith), and becomes a strong cause for samkit.

3. When does bhakti not lead to samyak drishti?

Bhakti alone does not give samyak drishti if:

• it is done for worldly desires (health, wealth, success),
• it is mixed with wrong beliefs, superstitions, or non‑Jain concepts,
• it is only ritual and emotion, without reflection on tattvas and without change in life (no improvement in conduct, no reduction in anger, pride, deceit, greed).

Then it may give punya (merit), better birth, etc., but not necessarily samyak darshan.

4. Role of “surrender” in Jain view

In Jainism, “surrender” means:

• Namokar Mantra bhakti – bowing to the qualities of the Panch Parmeshti.
• Accepting: “The Jinas’ path is true; my own wrong views are to be dropped.”
• Letting go of ego (“I know everything”) and humbly following Jin-vani and Sadhu-updesh.

This kind of surrender helps destroy darshan mohaniya karma, so it supports the arising of samyak drishti, but the real samkit happens only when:

> Faith in the tattvas becomes clear, steady, and free from doubt and delusion.

5. Digambar & Shvetambar perspective

Both traditions agree:

• Samyak darshan arises from destruction/subsidence of darshan‑mohaniya karma.
• Bhakti to true dev (Arihant–Siddha–etc.) and Jin‑shasan is a powerful cause to weaken that karma.
• External bhakti (puja, stavan) is secondary; inner transformation (right faith, knowledge, conduct) is primary.

Wording, stress on practices, and details of stages (gunasthans) may differ slightly, but the basic principle is same: Pure, understanding‑based bhakti and surrender help; blind, desire‑based devotion does not give samyak drishti.

In simple words: Yes – devotion and surrender to true God (Arihant/Siddha) can lead you to samyak drishti, but only when they are joined with right understanding of Jain tattvas and a sincere change in life, not when done just as emotional or worldly worship.