Answer

In Digambar Jain tradition, Samadhi Maran by itself is not usually described as “causing” Samyak Darshan. Rather, true Samadhi Maran is understood to be meaningful and spiritually powerful when it is undertaken with right faith, detachment, awareness, and equanimity.

So the more accurate Digambar Jain understanding is:

• Samyak Darshan can support and purify Samadhi Maran.
• Samadhi Maran may become a powerful occasion for inner purification.
• But it should not be understood mechanically as: “If one performs Samadhi Maran, Samyak Darshan will automatically arise.”

Explanation

In Jain Dharma, Samyak Darshan means right faith or right vision — a deep inner conviction in the true nature of reality, the soul, karma, liberation, and the teachings of the Jinas.

Samadhi Maran means accepting death with equanimity, detachment, repentance, forgiveness, and spiritual awareness. In Digambar tradition, it is highly respected when performed properly, without fear, desire, sorrow, attachment, or aversion.

However, Jain philosophy is very clear that spiritual states arise from the soul’s own inner transformation, especially through:

• subsidence or destruction of deluding karma, especially darshan-mohaniya karma,
• right reflection,
• detachment,
• faith in tattvas,
• guidance of true Dharma, Guru, and scripture,
• purification of passions.

Therefore, if during the process of Samadhi Maran a person develops true detachment, deep faith in the tattvas, repentance, and equanimity, then the state may become favorable for Samyak Darshan to manifest. But the external act alone is not the cause.

Spiritual Understanding

Digambar Jain Dharma places great importance on the inner bhava, not merely the outer form.

A person may outwardly take vows near death, reduce food, or remain quiet, but if the mind is filled with fear, attachment, pride, or desire for heavenly pleasure, then it is not true Samadhi Maran in the highest sense.

On the other hand, if the soul turns inward with:

• forgiveness,
• renunciation,
• absence of fear,
• faith in the Jina’s path,
• awareness of the soul as separate from the body,
• calm acceptance of death,

then such a state can be spiritually transformative.

Takeaway

In Digambar Jainism, Samadhi Maran does not automatically cause Samyak Darshan. But if performed with pure inner disposition, detachment, and right understanding, it can become a powerful condition in which Samyak Darshan may arise or become strengthened. The real cause is not death itself, but the soul’s purified state of faith, awareness, and detachment.