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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
THREE SIGNS OF IDENTIFICATION (Linga)
'Linga' means a sign, a symbol of identification. Revered authors of the scriptures have laid down three signs with which one can identify a person holding "Right faith." First sign or indication is devotion to Holy Scriptures, second indication is intense liking for means of observing religious practices and the third indication is serving the preceptor and gods with all sincerity.
Holy scriptures are those composed by the Great Jineshwaras. Here word 'Parama' preceding the word 'Agama' implies that the 'Shaktas' even call their scriptures 'Agamas'. In order to mark distinction with their scriptures, we name our scriptures as 'ParamaAgama' (Highest Scriptures). "Devotion" means desire to listen. Thus first indication is the acute desire to study or hear the Holy Scriptures composed by the Great Lords. One who has entertained faith in Lord Arihanta, in mendicant preceptor and pure religion promulgated by the Omniscient Lords, is bound to crave a staunch yearning for hearing the Lord's preachings. When you esteem a leader or a scholar you deeply yearn to hear him. You reach the auditorium even at a distance of a few miles waling on foot, caring little for sitting accommodation and in the midst of heavy rush you rest content only when you hear him; then why should you not yearn to hear one whom you esteem as the saviour of your life, and whose words you value as true and authentic. If there is no such yearning in you, then believe that 'Right faith' has not dawned upon you.
Love or affinity for means of religious practice is the second indication of right faith. Indifference to practice or non-practice of religion does not indicate any affinity for religion. Shrimad Yashovijayaji pointing out affinity of religion says, "When you cultivate affinity or yearning for religion as that entertained by a hungry Brahmin who having wandered across a forest finds tasteful sweet-meat then it is an indication of right faith dawning upon you."
Scrutinize your love for religion properly. When you have You become hardly any love, the possibility of deep love is absurd. crazy and mad to see a new cine-picture which arrives fresh. You rush in crowds to witness a cricket-match with foreign players and buy tickets even in black-market. You reserve your seats and arrive
