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divisions Thus one with right outlook may have five types of knowledge and men with wrong outlook three types—total eight 86 The first five constitute right knowledge and the last three wrong knowledge They have been considered in details in the Jaina texts
Right knowledge has been diversely defined in the Jaina texts,
1. To know the souls and others in exactly the same form
in which they exist is right knowledge 87
2. To know the nature of things, not less, not more.
the reverse, and without doubt is right knowledge 88
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To know the soul as well as the non-soul without doubt, distortion and non-effort is right knowledge 89
4. To know the nature of the soul is right knowledge.
According to Byhannayacakra, “The Jinendra Bhagavan has spoken of six other things in order to know own thing (soul), but to know the six other things only is no right knowledge.990
Many popular songs have sung the importance of right knowledge and are sung by many a devotee Likewise, there are many popular songs which describe the futility of knowledge in which the soul does not figure, the futility of worldly knowledge and restraint Cf
86 nānam afthaviyappam madisudaohı anananānānı manapajiaya kevalamavi paccakkhaparokkhabheyam ca
-Dravya Samgraha, Gatha, 5 also Gommațasara Javakānda, Gatha, 300-1 87 Sarvārtha Siddhi, 1/1. 88 anyūnamanatırıktam yathatathyam vină ca viparitat nilisandeham veda yadāhustajjnanamagaminah
- Ratnakaranda Sravakācāra, Sloka, 42. 89 sansayavimohavibbhamavivajztwam appaparasarūvassa gahanam samman nānam sāyāramaneyabheyam tu
-Dravya Samgraha, Gatha, 42 90 niya davva jana nattham ı yaram kahıyam jinehim chaddavvam
tamha para chaddave Jānaga bhāvo na hoi sannanan
