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Mahavira & Pathway to Liberation / 25
Right Faith
Belief in the existence of six substances i.e. soul, nonsoul, medium of motion, medium of rest, space and time is right faith.
Those who do not possess right faith are defiled persons.
There is no liberation for a person devoid of right faith. Those who have given up right conduct (but have right faith) may attain liberation by practising right conduct again but there is no hope for those who do not have right faith.
The value of right faith is much greater than possessing all the treasures of the three world.
A person devoid of faith is unfit for adoration and worship.
A person having right faith is one who knows what is to be relinquished and what is to be accomplished. Austerity, self-restraint and other practices of a person having right faith result in the annihilation of karmas. If a person has even an idea of attachment, then the mastery of all the scriptures cannot beget him knowledge of the soul.
When he does not know the soul, how can he know the other substances.
When he knows neither the soul nor the other substances how can he be a person of right faith?
