Niyamasāra presents the three jewels (ratnatraya)—Right Faith (samyag‑darśana), Right Knowledge (samyag‑jñāna), and Right Conduct (samyag‑cāritra)—as the very core of the path to liberation, treating them as an inseparable triad. Right Faith is portrayed as the soul’s correct apprehension of its own nature as pure consciousness, distinct from body, matter, and karmic conditions, and as faith in the teachings of the Jinas. This faith is not merely assent to doctrine, but a firm, undeluded conviction that recognizes the true self as different from the non‑self and accepts the fundamental principles taught in Jain philosophy. Such Right Faith is repeatedly described as the indispensable foundation without which knowledge and conduct cannot become genuinely “right.”

Right Knowledge, in this text, is consistently grounded in that purified faith. It is characterized as the correct understanding of reality, including the nature of the soul, karma, and the basic principles that structure existence. This knowledge encompasses scriptural and reflective understanding, yet it is considered spiritually authentic only when free from doubt and delusion and aligned with the insight into the soul’s distinctness from matter. Niyamasāra thus portrays Right Knowledge as both a precise grasp of doctrinal truths and a deepening vision that remains rooted in the soul’s true status as a substance with its own innate attributes.

Right Conduct receives especially detailed treatment, being shown as the practical unfolding of faith and knowledge in life. The text acknowledges external observances such as vows, ethical disciplines, control of passions, and austerities, highlighting non‑violence, truthfulness, non‑stealing, celibacy, and non‑attachment as central. At the same time, it distinguishes between conventional conduct—formal practices and disciplines—and a more inward, “real” conduct characterized by non‑attachment and steady abidance in the pure self, free from passions and identification with karmic modes. From this standpoint, the highest form of conduct is the soul’s own pure, passionless existence, while external practices are valued as supports that foster this inner purity.

Throughout, Niyamasāra insists that these three jewels operate only in genuine harmony: Right Faith provides the gateway, Right Knowledge offers clear vision, and Right Conduct embodies that vision in both outer discipline and inner detachment. Liberation is presented as arising from the unity of these three in their purified forms, when faith, knowledge, and conduct all converge upon the realization of the soul as distinct from all that is not self and upon the gradual shedding of karmic bondage.