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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
विजारहमारूढो मणोरहरएसु हणदि जो चेदा ।
सो जिणणाणपहावी सम्मादिट्ठी मुणेदवो ॥२५१ ॥ विद्यारथमारूढः मनोरथरयान् हंति यश्चेतयिता । स जिनज्ञानप्रभावी सम्यग्दृष्टिमन्तव्यः॥ २५१ ॥
251. The soul who mounted on the chariot of knowledge destroys the maneuvres of the chariot like mind. That right believer should be known to (be) the propagator of the knowledge of the conquerors.
Commentary Truth is Liberation, self-knowledge, self-absorption. The mind of a right believer is under control, and his soul subjugates the non-self thought activities. Thus he is a real propagator of Truth.
In the Jain Scriptures, eight qualities of a right believer are described in detail both from practical and real point of view. If we consider them from the former view we can taink of them as follows:
1. A right believer must not have any doubt in the seven principles of Jainism, nor have seven kinds of fear.
2. He must follow the path of Liberation not with a desire for sense objects here or hereafter.
3 He must not hate poor, ill or distressed persons and animals, nor have disgust for dirty and filthy objects. He must be aware of the nature of all things as they are, and be calm. He must not be proud of himself.
4. He must not be persuaded by the wrong beliefs and superstitions of others. He must not follow any rites and customs perverse to right belief.
5. He must love his brother pilgrims on the path of Liberation. If a brother has been guilty of sinful or wrong actions, he must not publish it. But he should try to correct his erring brother He should also remove his own defects.
6. He must keep himself firm in the performance of piety, and also try to keep others firm in that path by religious discourse. and such assistance as he can give them.
7. He should help all his brother pilgrims on the path of Liberation, even by sacrifycing his own comforts to relieve their distress.
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