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believer anything of this material world is neither pleasant nor unpleasant, neither beautiful nor ugly, rather, he looks at everything with a dispassionate attitude.
(iv) Amudhadrsti: Amudhadrsti 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 togods. preceptor (Guru) and religious practices. One should not believe in pseudo-scriptures, plausible theories, pseudo-Guru and pseudo-deities. (v) Upabrhana: It means cultivation of one's spiritual qualities. This is also named as Upaguhana 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) Prabhavana : 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: The Upāsakadaśānga (1.44) as well as Tattvārthasūtra (7.18) mention the following five blemishes (Aticara) 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) Acceptance of false views or creeds. (v) Praise of the followers of false creeds.
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