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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
(2) Kshayopashamik (destroyed and pacified). (3) Kshayik (destroyed).
A soul is said to possess pacified right belief when its four constantly binding passions and false belief are in dormant illusive state having no manifestation of space and taste. We have amply discussed the nature, the space, the state, regions and latent and potent states of Karmas in our preceding discourses and it will not be difficult for you to grasp them here.
Suppose a man has incurred immense debt and he is pressed much by his creditors to pay off, then such a debtor suffers lot of mental torture. But suddenly, if anyhow the creditors do not turn up for demand then the debtor enjoys a sort of mental peace and relief. In Aupashamic type of right belief the man enjoys similar state of peace and relief as the four constantly binding passions and false-belief are lieing in dormant state and the soul therefore, rests on right belief. As this right belief is arrived due to pacification of Karmas it is called Aupashamic (Pacified) rightbelief.
When a soul has right-belief in delusive state i.e. right beliefdeluding-karmas are under manifestation but four constantly binding passions and right-belief-deluding-karmas are not under manifestation from taste point of view, then the destructive pacified right-belief is said to have arisen.
When the soul rests on right belief for the first time, then it mostly rests upon belief of pacified type. But when it is purged off, from that right belief and reacquires right belief then that right belief belongs to one of the three types above-mentioned. Here it should be noted that souls born as human beings acquire one of the three types of right beliefs at a time, while souls born in hell, in animal kingdom or in heaven can acquire either pacified or destroyed-pacified-right belief. This means that only five sensed rational beings are entitled to acquire destructive-right-belief.
The learned authors of the scriptures have clarified how many times and what type of right belief is acquired by the soul during the wandering period in this world. During the total period of worldly wanderings, this Soul can acquire pacified right belief at the most five times, destructive and pacified right belief is
