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activity in the right way, preventing it from becoming self-destructive. Faith is like the man at the helm, always directing and guiding the barge of life, in storm and in calm to the looked for Haven of Freedom and Rest. He whose heart is not chastened by Right Faith is like the rudderless ship that is soon dashed to pieces against rocks, for want of proper guidance and control. The necessity for Right Faith is fully obvious from the fact that people only live up to their beliefs, never in opposition to them.
Right Knowledge is the detailed knowledge of the process of self-realisation. It is like the chart which is intended to furnish an accurate description of the path to be traversed, of the obstacles to be encountered on the way, and of the means to be adopted to steer clear of them. As no one who has not provided himself with such a chart is ever expected to take his boat successfully across an ocean, so is not the soul that is not provided with Right Knowledge ever likely to land in sefety in nirvana,
Right Conduct is the third essential for success, since without the doing of the right thing at the right moment no desired result can ever be achieved by any.
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If Right Faith is the properly directed rudder and Right Knowledge the chart of navigation in the ocean of life (transmigration), Right Conduct is the force which actually propels the Barge of Being Haven-Wards.
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