do all souls have swabhav based capacity for samyak darshan? so all levels of living beings can get it?
Answer
Yes — in Jain Dharma, every soul has the inherent capacity for samyak darshan because the soul’s true nature is pure and capable of right faith. But not every embodied being can manifest it in the same birth or form.Explanation
A few important distinctions help here:- In the soul’s nature:
- In practical manifestation:
- About different life-forms:
So the correct way to say it is:
- All souls have the potential
- Not all living beings can presently express that potential in every form
Spiritual Understanding
This teaching is very hopeful in Jain Dharma.It means:
- No soul is eternally condemned.
- Every jiva can eventually rise.
- Right faith is not borrowed from outside; it is awakened when karmic veils lessen.
- Even if a being is currently in a lower state, the soul itself is not forever limited by that state.
So Jainism teaches both:
- universal spiritual potential, and
- real karmic limitation in the present condition