Introduction to Jaina Sadhna

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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cleanliness. For a right believer anything of this material world is neither pleasant nor unpleasant, neither beautiful nor ugly, rather, he looks at every thing with a dispassionate attitude.
(iv) Amūdhadrsti : Amūdhadrsti means a clear and right understanding about the nature of religion and the ideal of life. A person possessing right belief should not cling to superstitions pertaining to gods, preceptor ( guru ) and religious practices. One should not believe in psuedo-scriptures, plausible theories, psuedo-guru and psuedo-deities.
(v) Upabrhana : It means cultivation of one's spiritual qualities. This is also named as upagūhana which means concealing demerits of the others and merits of one's own.
(vi) Sthirikarana : It means that one should make them firm in the faith, who deviate from righteousness under the influence of anger, pride, sex and other passions.
(vii) Vatsalya : It means selfless love for our fellow beings. It also means the cultivation of the sense of brotherhood towards the followers of right faith.
(viii) Prabhāvanā : It means that one should work for the propagation of right faith by means of charity, austerity and such other means as are suitable to the time and place and should preach the truth to others.
Five Blemishes of Right Faith : The Upāsakadasānga (1.44) as well as Tattvārthasūtra (7.18) mention the following five blemishes (aticāra ) of right faith —,
(i) Doubt or a sceptic view about the teaching of Jainas. (ii) Desire for worldly pleasures. (iii) Repulsion or a feeling of disgust, (iv) Acceptence of false views or creeds.
(v) Praise of the followers of false creeds. Right Knowledge
The rightness of knowledge depends upon the right