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149/जैनों का संक्षिप्त इतिहास, दर्शन, व्यवहार एवं वैज्ञानिक आधार
and obstructive karmas to gain unending beneficence and bliss.
Mere knowledge with right faith may lead to even diabolical results, even perversity of out- look and thinking as given in 1:33 following a course exactly opposite to truth and right one.
'Tattvārth' exhorts us to follow right- faith a remarkable quality of soul, 'reason detaire', principles of natural- justice , in short our conscience. It will guide us to avoid pit-falls of senses, running riot or unbridled passions leading a licentious life of depravation, sloth and allurements only. In the light of right faith and knowledge, right conduct will follow suit, cheerfully and willingly, not to be imposed like cut flowers. : Second chapter deals with five stages of soul; the highest one is Kshayik i.e unshakeable determination to annihilate all 'karmas' past and present to achieve selfrealization in this life itself. Lesser stage is that of partially destroying and subsidence of karmas, essential even to get higher stage of knowledge by willing obedience and gratefulness to such learned ones. Still lesser degree is that of claiming them as they arise, as if the dust settles in water and making it clean. Fourth stage is that of reacting as per maturing or rising of karmas, driven by that process of suffering consequences and binding of new karmas instinctively in a chain reaction. Last one is dependent on evolution of soul, over its cycles of births and deaths.
The soul is further conditioned by senses it enjoys. One sense being is a virus, or such organism- bacteria,
