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Letter 4
27 Charananuyoga - This scripture deals with the conduct and behaviour. But lays stress on that conduct which has Samyak Darshan as its base. Because this is the most primary thing to achieve. And then it goes on to show how the conduct or the behaviour of a person should be or will be once he has attained the Real Right Belief.
In fact the conduct of the person who has this Real Right Belief and who is attaining Veetaragata will always be in accordance with or complementary to his stage of internal Veetaragata. Such conduct is always said to be a companion on path of attaining salvation. But here one has to bear in mind that merely outward conduct or behaviour itself alone will not lead to salvation.
In ordinary life it is very important to lead what we call morally virtuous good life. It is a must for a person who wants to study philosophy. Otherwise instead of attaining internal peace of mind one may become arrogant and egoistic. Many a times we see this happening in real life.
To give you an example in your daily life, a drop of water in boiling oil will always come out with strong reaction and may cause fire or harm anybody. But in the same pan of boiling oil you can fry various food items without any harm.
Similarly, people who had life full of strong passions and vices will always strongly oppose and argue after listening to the sermons given in Jinavani. Jinavani spells out the way to achieve betterment of one's own self. And one who gets instigated after listening to his own betterment is really an object of pity because he is far away from his own betterment.
Study of religion or Dharma as it is commonly called; but more specifically philosophy, is not blind faith in it. Because if one does not have a good character and a moral background in life, then the study of scriptures may in fact promote life of unrestrained immoral behaviour.
The cultural background and moral behaviour has been advised to you by your parents, teachers and elders in the family. In fact it is duty of every parent to impart the importance of virtuous and good natured behaviour to one's child. It is said that parents who fail to do this are in fact the enemies in disguise.
Karananuyoga - Karan means mathematical equation or formula. This scripture tells us about the various degrees of passions Bhava hra or Parinam fua, the description of the souls in different embodyments and other evolutionary development of their senses. It also describes the Gunasthan gure i.e. various stages of spiritual development of the soul, Margana arfurt i.e. classification of all souls in the different perspectives seen above. It also tells us the detailed Karma theory. It also contains the geography of the universe in details.
