The Truth

Author(s): O P Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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THE SEVEN TATTVAS
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3. Faith is necessary to translate our knowledge into action. As without faith, the knowledge is only superficial, so also is the conduct superficial without right knowledge i. e., without correct aim. It is sometimes said that immoral persons prosper in this world while the saintly ones die as poor people. This obviously shows incorrect objectives in the following of morals and naturally the result is frustration. If the aim was to purify the soul and to attain divine bliss, the person will appear happy and contented and will not expect worldly possessions as a reward. It will thus be seen that knowledge becomes Right knowledge only when accompanied with Right Faith and conduct becomes Right conduct only when based on Right Knowledge.
The karmas, which do not let Right Faith be established with respect to true knowledge about the soul, the causes of its sufferings, and the way to liberation, are called Darshana Mohaniya. Karmas which do not let the soul act on the path of liberation (i. e., Right Conduct) are called Charitra Mohaniya. The activities which give rise to these Karma Prakritis are :
(i) defaming the Omniscient Lord, the scriptures containing true knowledge as preached by the omniscient teachers, the true saints following the path of liberation, the true religion and other celestial beings é. g., saying that these beings are pleased by offering to them meat, wine etc.
(ii) Intense thought activity produced by the rise of passions e. g., anger, pride, deceit, greed, laughter, indulgence, dissatisfaction, grief, fear, hatred, sexual desires etc. Joking about true knowledge, disinclination to practice vows, evil society are other causes for such karmas.
• Darshana Mohaniya is of 3 kinds e. g., Mithyatva i. e., wrong. belief, Samyak Mithyatva i. e., wrong belief with little right belief also, Samyaktva Prakriti i. e., clouded right belief. These are merely the gradations of faith in true knowledge. Full right belief is possible only in a pure soul.
Charitra Mohaniya causes the passions, as described above, in different intensities, usually called mild, strong, overwhelming and uncontrollable.