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(218) Certainly, my soul is my right knowledge, my right faith, my right conduct, my renunciation of evil acts, my selfrestraint and my meditation.
18. PRECEPTS OF RIGHT FAITH
(219) Right Faith is the core of the three jewels; it is the root of the great tree of liberation; it has to be understood from two point of views-real point of view (Niscaya-naya) and empirical point of view (vyavaharanaya).
(220) Lord Jina has said that from the empirical point of view, Right Faith is faith in the existence of the soul and the other principles (Tattvas), from the real point of view, the soul itself is Right Faith.
(221) From real point of view true monkhood constitutes righteousness and righteousness constitutes true monkhood.But from the practical point of view, the causes of righteousness are called Right Faith itself.
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