| 2. Threefold
is that faith born of the individual nature of the embodied,Sattvic, Rajasic,
and Tamasic. Do thou hear of it.Faith, of which thou has asked, is of three
sorts. It is born of the individual nature (svabhava): i e the samskara
or tendency made up of the selfreproductive latent impressions of the actsgood
and bad, Dharma and Adharma which were done in the past births and which
manifested themselves at the time of death. sattvic ; faith in the worship
of the Gods (Devas) which is an effect of sattva, Rajasic: faith in the
worship of the Yakshas and the Rakshasas, which is an effect of Rajas. Tamasic
; faith in the worship of the Pretas and the Pisachas, which is an effect
of Tamas. Do thou understand the threefold faith which is going to be described.
As to this threefold Faith, |
