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religious stories for a short span can inculcate positive
thoughts strong enough to abolish all the bad karmas.
How is this possible ?

A. There is no doubt that positive feelings imbibed even for
a short time possess such enormous power. “In order to
completely abolish these wrong thoughts, the soul requires
to inculcate positive thoughts for a period equivalent to its
period of wrong thoughts." If you make such a rule then the
soul will never attain salvation because the soul is contami-
nated with papakarmas accumulated because of ignorance,
non-resistance of temptations since times eternal.
Now, is there time for the cultivation of positive feelings of
resistance and composure ?

Is there any birth wherein positive feelings can be cultivated
and retained for a comparatively long time span ?

 Right upto the births of mindless five-sensed beings,
negative thoughts are almost inborn. How are positive and
good thoughts possible at such a time ?
 In the births of hell and heaven, living beings possess
mind, 5 senses and a long lifespan of infinite years. But
they cannot take rebirth again and again in the same
place. Also, during this birth inspite of increasing positive
thoughts, a living being can maximum attain Samyaktva*
but cannot attain the height of resistance and renounciation.
Therefore, is there any birth in which you can eradicate
the bad karmas accumulated over the giant previous births
of hell and heaven ?

 Humans and animals in specific places have a life-span of
infinite years. But there too, they cannot create and retain
the feelings of resistance and renounciation. Hence you

* Samyaktva - Right faith that whatever is propounded by Arihanta Lords
is true.
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