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of salvation. If a jiva has attained faith in mityatva or false dharma expounded by an ignorant person and if in spite of it, he thinks of the soul and believes in moksha, then it should be said that he is in the charmavarth phase; that the natural impurity in him has decreased and that he has developed faith in dharma and salvation. The point is this. Since this is one of the faiths or dharmas expounded by omniscient ones, it comprises such lofty doctrines as (1) Creation, destruction and duration and a true exposition of the doctrines relating to the soul and its modifications according to the philosophy of Syadvada. Since the jiva in this phase develops the desire to discard samsar, he thinks of moksha and develops faith in it; so, in him there appear the virtues relating to the marganusari life.
Questions : (1) Why has the jiva been wandering in samsar from times
immemorial ? (2) What is meant by the Avyavahar non-sentient and the
Vyavahar the sentient phases of existence ? (3) Why is it that only some special jivas get out of the
nigodh phase which is without a beginning ? (4) Why is it that charitra or character cannot help the jiva
to cross samsar in the acharmavartha time? (5) What is Abhavyathva? How can it be recognised ? (6) What is natural impurity ? What does it do? When does
it ripen ? (7) Can there be false belief in the phase of Charmavarth ?
What are its features ?
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