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duce miseries and are themself irksome, but the deluded souls considering them to be beneficial, continue to follow the same habitually. This is a fallacy about “Asrava Tattva". 4. Fallacy in respect of 'Bandha Tattva' :
Whether it is ls a golden chain or an iron chain, both are fetters and direct causes of bondage. Similarly the virtue and vice i.e. Punya and Papa, both are fetters to tie the soul, but the deluded souls, not considering this fact, feel and believe that virtue (punya) is better and beneficial. On Principle, the virtue and the vice both are equally harmful to the soul but the ignorant-self does not believe so. This is a fallacy aboutt ,Bandha-Tattva'. 5. Fallacy in respect of Samvar Tattva':
Right belief, right knowledge and right conduct are blissful and beneficial to the soul but the deluded souls feel and believe that they are irksome and harmful. This is a fallacy about 'Samyar Tattya'.
6. Fallacy in respeet of 'Nirjara-Tattva':
By means of concentration of thought on the self scul and relinquishing both virtuous and wicked desires, the growing
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