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It is specified in *Sarvarthasiddhi*. Otherwise, the path of liberation would also be included, as it is related to it. But if it is argued that "the injunction or prohibition applies to the immediately preceding [statement]" and thus the understanding of right faith is established, then it is not so, because "the proximate is stronger than the distant" and thus the path of liberation would be included. Therefore, the word "that" is used.
17. Right faith is said to be the belief in the true meaning of the principles. Now, what are those principles? This is what the following sutra says: The principles are: life, non-life, inflow, bondage, restraint, outflow, and liberation. ||4||
This is what it means. In the preceding sutra, only right faith is mentioned, and it is referred to here by the word "that". If the word "that" were not used, then the path of liberation would be included, as it is the subject matter. The doubt is: "According to the rule that the injunction or prohibition applies to the immediately preceding [statement]", the understanding of right faith mentioned in the preceding sutra is self-evident, so there is no need to use the word "that" in the sutra. The solution is: No, because according to the rule "the proximate is stronger than the distant", the path of liberation would be included here. But this is not desirable, therefore the word "that" is used in the sutra.
Special Meaning - This sutra discusses the causes of the origin of right faith. In the scriptures, one of the five attainments is mentioned as the attainment of preaching. A being who has never accepted the teachings about life and non-life, etc., in the present or past life, with understanding, cannot attain right faith. But a being who has become eligible for such teachings can attain right faith either immediately or later. Here, two types of right faith are mentioned in this regard. The right faith that arises from teachings in the present is called acquired right faith, and the right faith that arises without teachings in the present is called innate right faith. This is the meaning of this sutra. Although the word "acquisition" means knowledge, in this context, it should be understood as knowledge acquired through teachings. From this, the meaning of the word "innate" becomes "without teachings". Although the inner cause of both these right faiths is the same, namely the cessation, destruction, or cessation-destruction of the obscurations of perception, there is a difference between them in terms of external teachings and non-teachings. Here, the doubt arises: Since the right faith of destruction occurs only at the feet of the Kevali and the Shruta Kevali, then only the acquired type of right faith can occur in it, not the innate type. Then why is it that the commentary mentions destruction along with cessation and cessation-destruction when referring to the inner causes? The solution to this doubt is that a being who comes from the second and third hells and becomes a Tirthankara does not need teachings to attain the right faith of destruction, but it is seen that they attain the right faith of destruction without teachings. Therefore, even in the right faith of destruction, there are two types: innate and acquired. This is why the text mentions two types of each of the three types of right faith: innate and acquired.
817 It has been said earlier that believing in life and non-life, etc., is right faith. Now, the following sutra tells us what the principles are:
Life, non-life, inflow, bondage, restraint, outflow, and liberation are the principles. ||4||
1. "The injunction or prohibition applies to the immediately preceding [statement]." Pa. Ma. Bha. p. 335. Pari. She. p. 380 2. Siddha Pratya Di. 1, Di. 2, A, A.