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..Knowing the answers to these and such questions, and firmly believing in the answers, developing one's sensitivity and discriminatory power (to know what is good for one's soul and what is not good )is right faith. Without such right faith, one cannot be and will not be happy inspite of worldly possessions, ' knowledge, státus, relations etc.. Such right faith only can help one have the right knowledge, which leads to right conduct and which is the source of real happiness. śrīmad has said that the above three, namely, darśana, jñána and cāritra, and their coexistence is the only means of happiness or bliss and the absence of the trio is the root cause of suffering and misery. This Iruth is enunciated by the conquerors or the Jinas. They have also said that right knowledge leads to right faith, but still right.faith is the most important of the trio. The reason for this, they say, is that only right knowledge without right faith, may lead to misery, suffering and rebirth. It is only the right faith which actually goes on to purify and fructify one's right knowledge. Progress of right knowledge depends on one's progress in the study of the scriptural knowledge, preached by the conquerors and its exponent preachers. Such pure right faith, based on right knowledge leads the aspirant to be stable in the real right conduct. Achievement of such
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