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जो जाणदि अरहंतं, दव्वत्तगुणत्तपज्जयत्तेहिं । सो जाणदि अप्पाणं, मोहो खलु जादि तस्यलयं ॥ 480 ॥
MOKSHA MARG PRAKASHAK
Meaning: He who knows the Arhanta with respect to substantiality, quality and modifications, knows himself and his delusion, in fact, gets destroyed.
Therefore, one who does not have belief of Jiva etc. Tattvas does not have true belief of Arhanta Deva etc. also. And without belief of Moksha etc. Tattvas he does not know correctly the supremacy of Arhanta Deva etc. He knows the supremacy of Arhanta by worldly glories etc., of Guru (preceptor) by penance etc. and of Dharma (religion) by non-violence, i.e., by quality of protecting other Jivas; so all these specialities are dependent on other things. And only on having belief of Tattvas etc., the nature of Arhanta Deva etc. is known by their spiritual qualities. Therefore, one who has true belief of Arhanta Deva etc., invariably possesses true belief of Tattvas. This is the rule.
In this way, the differentia of right belief is determined.
Question: The differentia of right belief is stated to be the belief of Tattvarthas or belief of self-nonself, or belief of self-soul or belief of Deva-Guru-Dharma (true omniscient God, true preceptor and true Ahinsa religion). And the mutual oneness of all these differentias, as shown by you, is also understood, but what is the purpose of stating these different differentias?
Answer: Out of these four differentias, if one diffeentia is accepted from true angle, it covers all the four differentias, nevertheless, keeping in view different chief purposes, different differentias have been stated differently.
Where the belief of Tattvarthas is stated to be the differentia, there the purpose is that by identifying these Tattvas one acquires belief of the real nature of the substances and of his own benefit and harm and then he follows the path of liberation.
And where the belief of self-non self is stated to be the differentia, there such belief is stated to be the chief differentia, by which the purpose of Tattvartha Shraddhana is accomplished. The purpose of belief of Jiva-Ajiva is to acquire distinct belief of self-nonself. And the
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