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These quotations will bring to us a little for the primary importance that is attached to "Samyaktwa". In reality the importance of right in sight is very great. How can that man follow the path of welfare whose sight is not cleared, who is unable to hit upon the right path of actions for him and who has no unflinching faith in the teachings of alle knowing delivered souls P How will he be able to attain welfare ? In no way.
Doubt-Samyag Darshan i. e. full faith is a way of keeping one loyal to a creed. Those who are learned do not require faith. They, with their logical reasoning, oan detert mine what is good or bad for them. Then what is the necessity of giving so much importance to faith ?
EXPLANATION:--The world is not only a vast group of things one oan een with naked eyes. There are things small, smallera nd smallest that are not even remotely perceiv. ed by greatly learned. All the knowledge of the soul with out perfect knowledge is very much dependent on the sensesi The senses are so crule that all things cannot be perceived by them. Therefore to understand things beyond ordinary perception one, whether he be a fool or a wise man, must take recourse to the more learned and wise than him. Therefore is the necessity of faith. Now logical reasoning rema, ins to be considered. Logical reasoning is like a pot without a base. It is unsta yable like a round football. Logical reasoning can be rolled in any direction as one likes. Doubt is the bosom friend of logic. Where there is logical reasoning there will ever be doubt and in its presence there is no unflinching movement towards any ideal. Without this unflinching effort no success is achieved in any field of
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