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made so much progress on the path of spiritual advancement.
Just as Jainism deals with spiritual progress from the point of view of the fourteen stages of progress and from the point of view of the observance of the correct path, similarly it also shows a remarkable process of development from several points of views, such as, from the point of view of the eight classes of souls,such as, Mitrà, Tarà etc (Yog Dristies) and the other five Yogas such as spirituality, reflection, meditation, equanimity and loss of desires and the four levels of spiritual endeavour consisting of affection, devotion, speech and non- attachment.
Jainism shows the path of salvation through right knowledge,right faith and right conduct and also provide us with a special kind of conceptual terminology of right faith and right conduct (Samyak Jnànà, Darshan and Charitra). Jainism asserts that right faith means total faith in the basic tenets of Jainism and suggests that, although philosophical knowledge is essential for salvation, yet, it becomes an efficient means of salvation when that philosophical knowledge becomes the right knowledge, because it is preceeded by our deep and unswerving faith in the preaching of Jainism. In the basic principle of living beings and non-living beings etc. there are three divisions which are known as (1) fit to be known (2) fit to be discarded and (3) worth using or accepting. Now if the attitude of our mind is amenable to the fact that (1) living beings and non-living beings are merely fit to be known only with a neutral attitude, so that the feelings of like
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