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interrupted at times and also becomes slack at other times and, at times is even forgotten, it is called kṣayopasamika right faith.
Right faith, therefore, is a resolute faith in the conquerors, their omniscience, their preachings about the nine principles like spirit (Jiva), matter etc., the six substances constituting the universe, namely 1) spirit (Jiva), 2) matter, 3) adharmastikāya, 4) dharmastikāya, 5) space and 6) time; the path of liberation, consisting of the three jewels namely knowledge, faith and conduct'; karma- bondage, cycle of birth and death as a result of karma -bondage etc..
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In this context, Śrīmad has pointed out that there are seven causes which prohibit or obstruct the rise of right faith in a seeker. They are four acute passions of anantānubandhî kaṣāya, anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed and the three mohaniya karmas, Viz. mithyātva mohini, miśra mohini and samyaktva- mohini.
As long as these seven are either not destroyed (kṣina), or subsided (upaśamita) or partly destroyed and partly subsided, a seeker cannot have right faith.21 The acquisition of right faith depends upon the proportion in which the above seven impediments are
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