Mahavira Life and Philosophy

Author(s): Sumeruchand Diwakar Shastri
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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the life of purity, and non-injury bless the truthseeker with enlightenment and transcendental bliss. whereby the anguish and agony of the sensetormented soul automatically disappear.
Right Belief
The right believer must understand that his soul resides in the body but he is not the body. His Self is not a child, a man or a woman etc. He is in fact the repository of infinite knoweldge, infinite power. This is the realistic point of view.
As long as the soul is contaminated by karmic molecules, the self is handicapped from rising to the status of Godhood. The empirical self can be compared to a dirty mirror. As long as the dirt from the mirror is not removed, it cannot help a person to see his reflection therein. The evolved soul is like a clean and clear mirror. The right believer must bear in mind that he is at present imperfect and he has to strain every nerve for perfection. If he remains an idler and indolent lotos-eater his pious prattle, that he is God, he is Brahma, would serve no useful purpose. Faith without action is in fact dead.
Right Knowledge
The second requisite is that Right faith must be accompanied by Right knowledge, which should be free from doubt, perversity and vagueness. He should understand that truth is manifold. Comprehension of one facet of truth does not mean the knowledge of the whole truth. Due to confusion