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well that they were invited by him intentionally in preceding existences.
A person holding right belief is not eccentric by nature. His mind is serene and possessed of equanimity and therefore, his unfolded and manifested Karmas are consumed. The person with false belief is eccentric by nature, his mind is always perturbed, he is actuated with predominance of passions and prejudice with the consequence that fresh Karmas are contracted by him more rigidly. Right-belief-holder consumes more Karmas with lesser pains but the false-belief-holder though suffering more pains consumes much lesser Karmas.
TWO VARIETIES OF RIGHT-BELIEF There are two varieties of Right belief. Steady and unsteady. "Kshayika" right belief is steady and it never vanishes after it has been once revealed. The rest are unsteady. 'Aupashamika' and 'Gnayopashamika' kinds of right belief appear and vanish. Sometimes evil ideas dawn upon mind, and faith in God and preceptor is shaken. Here right-belief is said to be lost and falsebelief is said to be gained. If next existence is contracted by some one while entertaining right-belief then such a person contracts godly existence and that too of a god possessed of great effluence and nobility. When a god contracts other existence in the state of right belief, he contracts the existence of a human being placed in dignified cultured and religious family. Thus with right belief the soul is elevated to the higher and higher stage gradually.
The authors of the scriptures hold, "Souls possessed of right belief do not attain the birth of hellish beings or creatures provided their right belief is not lost. If they begin to cherish falsebelief then they ought to reap the rewards of such belief. Such a soul with false belief would be born in any of the four types of existence and might be born even in hell”.
If right belief is maintained then the soul attains salvation within seven or eight existences. If right belief is not steady i.e. vanishes after arrival then the soul has to pass through more existences. At the same time if one condemns right belief then he earns more existences to pass through. But these existences do not exceed “Ardhapudgal Paravartana".
