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Verse 10
substances (padārtha) which comprise merit (pāpa) and demerit (punya) besides the seven substances. For the intelligent disciple wishing to climb to the top of the edifice called liberation (mokşa), this right faith (samyagdarśana) is the first rung of the ladder. As such, right belief is the first of the four adorations (arādhanā).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The three kinds of follies (mūdhatā) that a householder with right faith must assiduously guard against are:
1) folly relating to worldly customs (lokamūdhatā), 2) folly relating to deities (devamūdhatā), 3) folly relating to preachers (gurumūdhatā).
Right faith must be strengthened by these eight limbs (astānga); the absence of any of these constitutes an imperfection:
1) freedom from doubt (niḥsañkita), 2) freedom from worldly desire (niņkāñksita), 3) freedom from revulsion (nirvicikitsā), 4) freedom from superstitions (amūdhadrsti), 5) charitable forbearance and concealment of defects in others
(upagūhana), 6 ensuring steadfastness of right faith and conduct so as not to
swerve from the path to liberation (sthitikarana), 7) propagation of the true path (prabhāvanā), 8) joy and affection towards the right path and its followers
(vātsalya).
A person with right faith must be free from eight kinds of pride (mada):
1) pride of knowledge (jñāna mada), 2) pride of veneration (pūjā mada),
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