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supporting causes further boost up those wrong belief etc.; such supporting causes are to be known as Graheet Mithyatva i.e., newly adopted false belief etc.
The Agraheet type of false belief etc. has already been described earlier. Now the Graheet (newly adopted) type of false belief etc. is being discussed here :
Faith in the untrue deity (Kudeva), untrue preceptor (Kuguru), untrue religion (Kudharm) and imaginary principles (false Tattvas) is false belief (Mithyadarshan). And the study of such untrue scripture (Kushastras) with due respect, wherein the attachment, etc. passions are fostered by way of wrong interpretation, is false knowledge (Mithya Jnan). And the conduct in which the indulgence in passions is fostered and acceptance of such conduct is termed as religion is false conduct (Mithya charitra). Now the details of these (perversities) are being explained :
Indra (heavenly God), Lokpal (so-called protectig deity) etc., monotheistic Brahma, Rama, Krishna, Mahadeva, Buddha, Khuda, Peer, Paigamber etc.,Hanuman, Bhairon, Kshetrapal, Devi, Dahadi, Sati etc., Sheetala (so-called Goddess of smallpox), Chauth (4th lunar day), Sanjhi, Gangaur, Holi (burning the heap of wood) etc., sun, moon, planets, Auta-ancestors, peripatetic gods, cow, snake etc., and fire, water, tree etc., and weapon, inkpot, utensils etc., many things are there (in India particularly) which the misbelievers worship; then by having wrong faith in them they want to fulfill their object but those things are not the causes of fulfulling the objects. Therefore, this type of faith is called newly adopted false belief (Graheeta Mithyatya).
'How their belief is wrong', this is now being described:Analysis of the Theory of Ubiquitous Monothe
ism (Addvait Brahma) Many people believe Addvait Brahma (monism) as to be the ubiquitous and the creator of whole world but no such person is there. First, they believe him ubiquitous but all kinds of substances are distinctly separate and their nature are perceived distinctly separate; how to believe them as one? The following are the different
ways of believing him to be ubiquitous: Jain Education International
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| SR No. | 006760 |
| Book Title | Moksha Marg Prakashak |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Todarmal Pandit |
| Publisher | Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust |
| Publication Year | 1992 |
| Total Pages | 556 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 15 MB |