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SANMATI-TARKA [ 111. -43--45 (45) He only is Ārādhaka (propagator of right religion) who takes recourse to Hetu only when Hetuvāda is to be discussed and relies on Āgama when Agamavāda is under discussion. One, who does not do this, is Viradhaka (heretic).
Man's temperament or mind is composed of two elements --Ŝraddhā Faith) and Buddhi (knowledge). In one, Faith predominates while in other, knowledge or intellect. Sometimes Faith prevails while other times Intellect has also her days. People largely dependent on Faith check the movement of Intellect and Logic, while those who have the sole support of Intellect launch a fight againgt Faith. Thus the reign of Faith and Intellect comes and goes and so on To be simply rational (Buddhijivi) or dogmatic (Sraddhājīvi) is one-sided and hence imperfect. One to whom intellect is everything will take imperfect as perfect and thus be liable to arrogance and non-admission of intellect superior to his. While the other who relies mainly on Faith will always remain dependent on others thus stopping his further intellectual development and thereby will be prone to admitting falsehoods. When such is the case, the author, in order to observe balance between two extremes, respects Sraddha and Buddhi equally, drawing full support from Anekānta-drsti and shows a way to real utility of them both with an analysis as to which should be considered by us a proper province of Sraddhā and Buddhi. And he
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