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discourses, sometimes engrosses himself in the study of scriptures, sometimes discusses through question-answer- such are his activities. He takes great pleasure in doing his work; therefore, he adopts such means with inner interest. Making efforts in this way, so long as (i) true belief of the Tattvas is not evolved, (ii) "This is like this only", with such sort of conviction the nature of the Jiva etc. Tattvas is not realised, (iii) till the I-ness feeling which one possesses in the embodied form is not evolved in the self-soul only, (iv) until and unless one does not identify and discriminate the beneficial and harmful forms of one's own thoughts and dispositions - till then he is a misbeliever heading towards right belief. This Jiva will shortly attain the right belief; he will attain right belief either in this birth itself or in the next birth.
By making such efforts in this birth, even if he is born as an animal in the next birth (in Tiryancha state of existence) then, on the strength of impressions of the previous birth, even without the instrumental cause of Deva-Guru-Shastra, he can evolve right belief. Because, on the basis of such efforts, the fruition of Mithyatua (faith-deluding karma) gets feebled. Where its rise is not found, there right belief is produced.
The chief cause (for the evolution of right belief) is this (the absence of the rise of Mithyatva karma) only. The external instrumental cause is the association of Deva (omniscient Jina) etc.; so, ehiefly right belief is evolved through their instrumentality only. In some cases right belief is evolved in the present birth on the strength of past efforts even without the instrumentality of Deva etc. In doctrines “तन्निसर्गादधिगमाद्धा" (तत्त्वार्थसूत्र 1-3 such aphorism is given. Its meaning is this that right belief is attained by intuition or by acquisition of knowledge. There, that right belief which is evolved without external instrumental cause of Deva etc., is stated to be produced by the acquisition of knowledge.
See the glory of reflection on Tattvas! Without reflection on Tattvas one may have staunch faith in true Deva, etc., may study many Shastras, observe vows, etc., undergo penances, etc., even then he is not entitled to evolve right belief, whereas one who reflects on Tattvas is entitled to evolve right belief even without these (conventional activites).
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