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sense of their preachings, (but) remains a misbeliever of Tattavas (realities) owing to faith in conventional preaching. There, if passions become feeble and the desire for objects is reduced then he becomes less miserable, but afterwards reverts to same condition. Therefore, whatever efforts this mundane being makes, they, too, are false.
Moreover, the other effort that this mundane being adopts is that he wishes to modify the substances according to his belief. If those objects get modified (accordingly) then his belief may be true; but the substances are eternal, separate from each other and modify within their respective limits. None is dependent on other, none modifies by any other causing it to modify. Desiring to modify them is no remedy; it is assuredly wrong faith.
What is the right means then ? If one's belief becomes as per the nature of the substances then all miseries come to an end. Just as someone deludedly believes the corpse to be alive or tries to make it alive, then he himself becomes miserable. And believing it to be dead and having the faith that this will not become alive by trying to make it alive, is the only means to get rid of that misery. Similarly, if someone holding wrong faith misbelieves the substances, tries to change them otherwise, then he himself becomes miserable. And believing them correctly and having the faith that these will not change otherwise by trying to get them changed, is the only means to get rid of that misery. The remedy of the misery caused by delusion is to remove the delusion only. So on removal of delusion Fight belief originates and that alone is to be known as the real remedy. Misery due to Charitra Moha and Release from
it Owing to rise of Charitra Moha (conduct-deluding Karma) (impure) dispositions of Jiva in the form of anger, etc. passions and laughter, etc. quasi-passions are caused, then this Jiva sorrowfully feeling much afflicted indulges in several types of evil-deeds anxiously. The same is being explained : When a person is overpowered by anger passion then he desires to harm others and for that purpose
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