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from listening to the discussions about Dharamastikaya (medium of motion) and Adharmastikaya (medium of rest), etc.
Each one mentioned above should be taken as one form or variety of 'Right faith'. Thus 'Right faith' has ten varieties.
SIXTY SEVEN VARIETIES OF RIGHT FAITH
For actual practice of Right faith in life knowledge of sixty-seven varieties of Right faith is extremely essential so we shall hold discussions about them here. Two stanzas of 'Pravachana-sara' refer to these varieties :
These stanzas convey :
“That Faith' is pure and unadulterated which comprises of four kinds of convictions (Sadhana), three signs of identification (linga), ten forms of discipline (Vinaya), eight propagators (Prabhavakas), five ornamentations (Bhushana), five characteristics (Laxana), six concessions (Jayana), six sentiments (Bhavana) and six tenets (sthana).
FOUR KINDS OF FAITH (SADHANA) Sadhana means four kinds of faith (1) Parmartha-sanstava means faith derived from the knowledge of entities like souls, nonsouls etc. This faith is entertained by reflecting in the following manners :
1. Soul is the first entity who is the doer of all good and bad
acts, enjoyer of the fruits of all good and bad acts, wanderer in the world, withdrawing from the world, full of consciousness, and possessed of application. Full and exhaustive introduc
tion of soul is given to you in our first sixteen discourses. 2. Medium of motion (Dharma) medium of rest (Adharma)
space (Akasha), time (Kala), matter (pulgala) are five nonsoul matters. All these have been discussed by us in the
series of our discourses. 3. Third entity is good or meritorious act. 4. Fourth entity is sin or demeritorious act. 5. Fifth entity is 'influx' of karmas into the soul.
