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## Chapter 26: The Soul
## Verse 25
**Doubt:** Why is a soul with mixed right and wrong faith not granted liberation after its lifespan is complete?
**Solution:** Because such a soul, with its mixed right and wrong faith, cannot transition to other states of being, neither to the state of wrong faith with wrong vision, nor to the state of right faith with un-controlled right vision. (Gom. Ka. Ga. 556-556)
**Doubt:** What is the reason for not being able to transition to other states of being?
**Solution:** It is simply its nature, and nature is not subject to questioning, as it is inherently contradictory. (Dhaval Pu. 4, p. 343)
A soul that attains mixed right and wrong faith after having right vision and killing its lifespan, departs from that state with right faith. Conversely, a soul that attains mixed right and wrong faith after having wrong vision and binding its lifespan, departs from that state with wrong faith. (Dha. Pu. 5, p. 31) In other words, if a soul with right vision attains mixed right and wrong faith by binding its lifespan, it dies with un-controlled right vision. If a soul with wrong vision attains mixed right and wrong faith by binding its lifespan, it dies with wrong vision. This is the rule.
**Verse Meaning:** The characteristic of the weakening right faith is that it is born from the rise of the destructive nature of right faith, and it is characterized by being unsteady, impure, and shallow. It is also permanent, meaning it persists for 66 oceans, and it is the cause of the destruction of the knowledge-obscuring karma.
**Detailed Explanation:** There are three natures of the knowledge-obscuring karma: the nature of right faith, the nature of mixed right and wrong faith, and the nature of wrong faith. The nature of right faith includes the destructive elements of the creeper stage and the infinite parts of the tree stage. This means that all the destructive elements, from the first destructive element of the creeper stage to the last destructive element (the infinite parts of the tree stage), belong to the nature of right faith. The nature of right faith lacks the all-destructive elements, so it is unable to completely destroy right vision. However, it does destroy a part of right faith, namely the stability and unwavering nature of right vision. This means that the rise of the nature of right faith does not destroy the impurities of right vision, but it does make right vision unsteady and impure. The karma that causes a weakening of faith in scriptures and substances is the nature of right faith. (Dhaval Pustak 6, p. 36) Or, the karma that causes a weakening of the newly arisen right faith and makes it unstable is the nature of right faith.
1. J.B.Pu. 5, p. 126.
2. J.Gh.Pu. 5, p. 130.
3. Dha.Pu. 13, p. 158.