Soteriology: Samyak Darshana, Samyak Jnana, Samyak Charitra, and Moksha
What the domain tests
This domain tests the three jewels, the meaning of moksha, and the path of samvara and nirjara. Expect questions distinguishing liberation from heaven and faith from blind belief.
Three jewels
Samyak darshana (right faith), samyak jnana (right knowledge), and samyak charitra (right conduct) are the three jewels. They are interdependent: faith without knowledge is blind, knowledge without conduct does not liberate.
Moksha
Moksha is liberation from karma and rebirth. The liberated jiva (siddha) has infinite knowledge, perception, bliss, and power, and exists without a body in the siddha-loka. Moksha is not heaven; heavens are still samsaric.
Path
Samvara stops new karma; nirjara removes old karma. The fourteen gunasthanas map progress from mithyatva to kevala. Right faith arises after the removal of mithyatva, and right conduct culminates in complete restraint.
Worked example
A scholar knows the scriptures but acts with cruelty. Reasoning: knowledge without right conduct cannot produce moksha; the three jewels must coincide. Conversely, good conduct without right faith is not yet samyak charitra.
Traps
Do not equate moksha with a heavenly reward. Do not say samyak darshana is blind faith. Do not separate the three jewels into alternative paths.