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excellence of right belief. These eight angas which support the right belief are:
(i) Niḥsankita-anga, that is, one should be free from
doubt about the truth or validity of the tenets of
Jainism. (ii) Nihkānksita-anga, that is, one should have no love or
liking or desire for worldly enjoyment as everything
is evanescent. (iii) Nirvichikitsita-anga, that is, one should decline to
have an attitude of scorn towards the body even though it is full of impurities and should have regard for the body as it can be purified by the three jewels of right faith, right knowledge and right
conduct. (iv) Amūdhadrsti-anga, that is, one should have no incli
nation for the wrong path or one should be free from
perversity and superstition. (v) Upagūhana-anga, that is one should maintain spiritual
excellence and protect the prestige of that faith when it is faced with the risk of being belittled on account of the follies and shortcomings of others. In other words, one should praise, the pious but should not deride those who may be faltering in their pursuit
of religion. (vi) Sthitikarana-anga, that is, one should sustain souls in
right convictions. One should have the quality of rehabilitating others in the path of right faith or conduct by preaching them or reminding them of the religious truths whenever they are found to be going
astray. (vii) Vātsalya-anga, that is, one should have loving regard
for pious persons. One should show affection towards co-religionists and respect and devotion towards the spiritually advanced by receiving them
with courtesy and looking after their comforts. (viii) Prabhāvanā-arga that is, one should endeavour to
