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(ii) Firm right faith in soul, non soul
etc. i.e. in Seven Elements. (realities). (iii) Firm right faith of the self and non
self.
(iv) Firm right faith of the self. That belief wherein the above mentioned four kinds of faith are inevitably found together is called real right belief. The belief attribute (samyaktva or Shraddha Guna) is the holder of that (real right belief ) modification. The real right belief and the perverted belief both are the modifications of belief attribute (Samya
ktva or Shraddha Guna). Q. 90. Who is Jain ?
He who has achieved the state of pure
(substantive) modifications by conquering delusion, attachment, aversion etc. through the reliance and concentration on one's own pure self is a true Jain, ( in piritual sense). He is Jain to the extent he has destroyed (won over ) attachment and aversion after having destroyed delusion (false belief called “Mithyatva”).
In fact, “ Jainatva”, (i.e.ascendency established over the forces of evils such as
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