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( 190 ) jnâna (knowledge), (3) châritra (action) Darshana means belief in tatvas. The Tatvas are three viz. deva, guru, dharma. By the term deva is meant master. Master is one who is free from 18 dushans (defects), is possessed of 12 gunus (virtues), and is the preacher of true dharma in this world and is after giving up this body to become the Siddha. There is no God other than such God. To worship such a benevolent master for the purpose of purifying one's own soul, to publish His qualities in the world according to his ability to praise Him always are acts helpful to one's spiritual development. This is called Shudha devatatva. Guru (teacher) is one who observes 5 maha-vratas (highest vows), who is we!l-versed in sacred lore, has always uniformity of disposition, gets pure food i.e. free from any fault by means of begging, maintains thereby his body for the purpose of doing good, possesses many other such qualities and tells the people in the world what has been preached by the aforesaid
