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imprisoned. He feels the futility of the worldly relations and mundane affairs from the spiritual point of view and develops a sense of detachment towards the mundane. This neutral or detached disposition is evident in his every action. He does everything expected of him but as a matter of duty, without any sense of involvement and attachment. This sense of detachment is the third sign of right-vision.
Anukampā –
Anukampa or compassion is the fourth sign of right-vision. An aspirant imbued with compassion is not only moved by others' sorrows and sufferings, but is also aware of the sufferings that the karmic bondage and worldly existence have wrought upon his own soul. As much as he is eager to mitigate the sufferings of the others by helping them I whatever way possible, he is equally eager to mitigate his own sufferings by leaning on to spirituality.
Āstikya
Finally, the right-visioned aspirant can be recognised by his unwavering faith in the existence of nine fundamental elements: soul, non-soul, merit, demerit, karmic influx, karmic bondage, karmic stoppage, karmic separation, and freedom from karmic bondage. He believes in the existence of the universe with hellish grounds, heavens, human and animal world and the land of the liberated souls, which is the ultimate destination of all the souls. This firm belief keeps him on the right-track and gives him the wherewithal to achieve liberation from the mundane existence and reach the land of
