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and to all their modifications. It is in fact a characteristic the soul entirely liberated from the bondage of matter.
margofra e Jnānāvarapiya (knowledge obscuring] Karmas are of five kinds according as they obscure 1. Mati 2. Śruta 3. Avadhi 4. Manaḥparyaya 5 Kevala Jnāna. This Jnānävarniya karma [knowledge-obscuring karma) can be removed- 1. By the persevering faultless study of Right knowledge exactly in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Šāstras 2. By imparting that knowledge to others. 3. By carefully listening to the noble tenets. 4. By having canonical works hand-written, by having old worn-out copies of rare works re-written and printed, and by preserving them with utmost care.
Jnānā Pada ls adored by taking scrupulous care about books, manuscripts, slates etc and by rendering service to learned persons.
Sri Dargana Padan-Unflinching faith in a su-déva (a true god) su-guru (a good preceptor) and in su-dharma (a true religion) is samyaktva.
Darsana Pada can be successfully adored:- 1. By having perfect faith in an Arhat-déva, who is entirely free from Love and Hatred and who has conquered the eighteen defects of good conduct. 2. By having as his Guru (preceptor ), one who is adorned with the five HETT Mahāvratas, Great Vows of Ascetic life, one who has abandoned wealth and women, and one who is always busy in following the rules of ascetic life prescribed by the Jinesvara Bhagavāns, in accordance with his strength. 3. By accepting as his favourite religious creed, the True Religion full of poble tenets of compassion towards minutest living substance, preached by Sarvajnas. 4. By renouncing false beliefu after a careful study of the sļxty-seven forms of Right Belief, and by adopting samyaktva and carefully preserving it. Vowe and restrictions, and religious rites, attended by samyaktva, aro beneficial to the Soul. Darśana Pada is not only instrumental in the acquisition of Moksa Pada, but it limits the period of
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