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## The Nature of the *Pravahana* Limb (as Composed by Somasen Bhattaraka)
**27.** The *Pravahana* limb is the means by which the darkness of ignorance is dispelled and the greatness of the Jina's teachings is revealed to those who seek the ultimate truth.
**28.** Right faith, nurtured by the eight limbs, is pure and brings liberation. Just as a mantra that is even one syllable short cannot cure the pain of poison, so too, right faith that lacks even one limb cannot sever the cycle of birth and death.
**29.** There are twenty-five impurities that taint right faith: three types of foolishness, eight types of pride, six types of *anayatanas*, and eight faults like doubt. These impurities defile right faith, so one must avoid them.
**30.** Foolishness of the world includes: regarding the cow's genitals as sacred and worshipping them, consuming cow dung and urine, worshipping the sun and moon, performing sati by jumping into fire, and dying by falling from a mountain.
**Further Examples of Worldly Foolishness:**
* Bathing during an eclipse
* Sleeping on the day of a solstice
* Donating silver, copper, etc. on the day of a solstice
* Worshipping at dusk
* Reverencing fire as a deity
* Worshipping the body
* Worshipping a house
* Worshipping gems, vehicles (oxen, etc.), land, trees, weapons, mountains, etc.
* Bathing in rivers and oceans
**Note:** Cow dung is considered pure in eight ways. Here, the prohibition is against consuming it, worshipping it, etc. Some people consider cow dung to be completely impure and unclean, but this is incorrect. It is mentioned in the eight types of worldly purity. If it were completely impure, then land touched by it would not be considered pure, and it would not be used in *nirajana* (ceremony with a lamp) and other rituals.
**As the *Charitra Sara* states:**
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