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DISCOURSE XIII
RIGHT-FAITH
Gentlemen,
Religious conduct is adorned when equipped with right-faith as the lake, the night, the mango tree and the face are adorned with lotus, moon, cuckoo and nose respectively. A mansion without foundation, agriculture without rains, and an army without its chief cannot stand ; religious conduct also is not carried out properly without right-faith.
It is true that liberation is achieved with the help of knowledge and rites but they must be equipped with right faith. No knowledge or rite devoid of right faith is capable of securing liberation for anyone. We made it clear that Soul only on attaining right faith can reach the stages of partial or total non-attachment and thereafter acquires spiritual progress.
Do you know what is meant by right faith? Have you ever thought about it seriously? There are sixty periods of a day and a night ; how many out of them do you reserve for pondering over religion ? Tell us solemnly. Many blessed persons do not care to think about religion at all. How they would understand about right-faith.
MEANING OF RIGHT-FAITH
The word Samyaka-Tva has in sanskrit, 'Tva' suffix at the end; thus the word means goodness, propriety, the state of being good etc. But that goodness or propriety belongs to soul and not to any lifeless body. Till false conviction encompasses the soul, goodness does not emanate from the soul. No sooner is that stigma of false faith waived from the soul than goodness is manifested in soul. In short goodness is the intrinsic charm of soul-natural purity of soul.
VARIETIES OF RIGHT-FAITH
The revered authors of the scriptures say, "Right faith has one,
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