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they co-exist or appear simultaneously. Knowledge to be right must be based on right faith. And right faith presumes that the seeker has right knowledge, though not very deep or perfect. If the faith is not right the knowledge may be perverse, as it is based on wrong faith. Such knowledge, so far spiritual practices are concerned, is nothing but ignorance.
In Ācārāriga sūtra, the foremost scripture of the Jains, containing preachings of Mahāvira, it is paid : “Egani jānai se savvam jārai, je savvam jāņai se egań jāņai” 27 This means, “ One who knows one i. e. the reality knows all, and conversely one who knows all knows one”. The apparent meaning or the preaching of Mahāvīra is that if soul is to be known, everything should be known, and effort to know everything is meant for knowing the soul or the reality... :
It may be mentioned that knowing the self or soul is the foundation of Mahāvīrd's philosophy and preachings. The reason is, one who knows the soul and its nature, knows that intrinsically or basically soul is pure, but is covered by karma incurred because of the auspicious and inauspicious acts, performed by the soul and that karma is the cause of sufferings of human beings. Thus we can understand the importance of right
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