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LESSON 2
FIRST CONSIDERATION ABOUT NINE REALS
DISCRIMINATION To cultivate and strengthen our faith in the nine reals, three types of discrimination are necessary, viz. 1. discrimination of what should be known, 2. discrimination of what should be attained (accepted) and 3. discrimination of what should be abandoned.
Name
Definition Those that should be known
Reals Soul and Non-soul
jieya
upādeya
Those that should | Auspicious karmas, be attained Stoppage of the inflow
of karmic matter, Partial dissociation of karmic matter, Total dissociation of karmic
matter. Those that should Inauspicious karmas, be abandoned Inflow of the karmic
matter, Bondage of karmic matter with soul
heya
Special Note: Auspicious karmic matter (punya) is neither any power nor any quality of soul. It is the result of the auspicious activity of the soul, which, in turn, is the result of the auspicious internal state of the soul. Thus auspicious karmic matter is nothing but auspicious inflow. And all inflow - whatever be its kind - should be aban
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