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Āstikya -
Finally, the right-visioned aspirant can be recognised by his unwavering faith in the existence of the fundamentals, the universe with hellish grounds, heavens, human and animal world and the land of the liberated souls, which is the ultimate destination of all the souls. This firm faith keeps him on the right-track and gives him the wherewithal to achieve liberation from the mundane existence and reach the land of the liberated.
Four Organs Of Right-vision -
There are four well-defined organs of Right-vision. They
are -
1. Acquaintance with the ultimate meaning and aim of life
(Paramārtha-samistava) that includes a sense of deep devotion to the right path, its propounding Prophets and
the preceptors that propagate it, 2. Visible practice of activities that lead to the ultimate goal
like devotion and worship of the right faith and its propounding Prophets and preceptors (Sudrsta
Paramārtha-sevana), 3. Shunning the company of those of corrupted vision
(Vyāpanna-varjana) and 4. Not following the precepts of the false faiths (Kudarśana
varjana) are the four limbs of right-vision. The wholesome right-vision has all these limbs intact. If any of these is not intact such vision can, at best, be only
lame or mutilated.
Samyaktva or the right-belief has the following eight attributes and their corresponding flaws:
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