Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c30.2

c30.2

According to Umāsvāti's *Tattvārthādigama sūtra*,¹ right belief (*samyak darśana*), right knowledge (*samyak jñāna*), and right conduct (*samyak cāritra*) constitute the path to liberation. These are called three gems in Jainism. Each of them can be considered in its threefold aspect, e.g., the subject, the object and the means. In right belief there is the believer, that which is believed and the means of believing. In right knowledge there is the knower, the known and the means of knowing. In right conduct there is the pursuer of conduct, conduct itself and the means of conducting. The right belief is the basis upon which the other two rest. It is an essential preliminary to right knowledge. It is the cause and right knowledge is the effect. Right conduct is caused by right knowledge and implies both right knowledge and right belief.