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and dislike or good and bad do not arise in regard to them and that (2) The causes of our bondage in the form of the Karmic inflow as well as that bondage itself are both fit to be discarded; so, naturally, our mind should have a feeling of aversion towards it. But on the other hand because the stoppage of the inflow (Samvara) and the purging of the effect of the Karmas (Nirjarā) and, finally, the ultimate salvation are highly useful hence our mind should have facination for them. It is only in this context that the resultant knowledge becomes right knowledge (Samyak Darshan) and leads to final beutitude.
The corollary is that if one has acquired knowledge of philosophy or of religions tenets and mastery of the scriptures only with a view to get worldly glory and if it is preserved and used with that intention, then, it cannot be a means of salvation. But on the contrary, it will become a source of bondage and prove illusive. It is very well said that: "Dhaninam Putradaràdi Yatha Samsaravrdhayel Tatha Pandityàdàtànàm S'astràm Adhyatmavarjitam" (Sanskrit)
धनिनां पुत्रदारादि यथा संसारवृध्धये । तथा पांडित्यदातानां शास्त्रमध्यात्मवर्जितम् ॥
i.e. Just as the sons, wives etc. of a very wealthy man who is attached to his wealth with pride become a source of bondage in this life and increase his worldly activities, similarly, the knowledge of the scriptures in a person who is proud of his learning becomes a source of bondage because it is devoid of spirituality.
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