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some state which you call mithyatva, so that the mind is modified by reason of this mithyætva. There are five kinds, namely those five which were given among the 55 causes of the generation of karma.
3. Prarupana-mithyatva: is the speaking of the mithyatva or the teaching of it; you actually say something; your belief is expressed in words, either for yourself or for others. For instance, if you call true dharma false dharma; false dharma true dharma; or that the sacrifice of animals leads to the highest state,
4. Pravarthana-mithyatva: is when you act out your wrong belief; it is the action resulting from the · three previous stages of mithyatva.
Q. “Who is going to decide which is the false and which is the true line of conduct ?”
A. then you are sceptical, you doubt the ability of the soul to know ! Consciousness is the final ground.
And, of conrse, it is by removing the mohaniya karmas that our consciousness comes to be right consciousness and in harmony with the external universe.
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