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THE WAY OF INNER DEVELOPMENT
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destruction jñānāvaraņiya, Infinite Intuition (Kevaladarsana) due to the destruction of Darsana-varaņiya, Infinite Happiness due to the destruction of Mohaniya and Infinite Power due to the destruction of Antarāya. The four aghāti karmans still continue upto the end of life. The aspirant in this stage is called Arhat or Kavalin, corresponding to the jivanmukta of other systems. This stage is known as sayogin, because the activity of three yogas i.e. mind, speech and body continues.
The fourteenth guṇasthāna is known as Ayogi kevalin, where the activity of yogas is stopped completely. This state corresponds to the Asamprajñāta samsdhi of yoga system. It is also known as Sailesi showing immovability like the king of mountain. The aspirant stays in this position for a short while only, namely the period required in pronunciation of five short vowels. At the end of it the soul shoots up like an arrow till it reaches the top of the universe. It rests there forever in the abode liberated souls. This is how the career of search after soul is completed.
One can see from the above discription that spiritual development means gradual freedom of the soul from karmic bondage. It is, therefore, necessary here to mention in brief, the nature of bondage, its causes and means of freedom.
Bondage means the accummulation of karmic matter by the soul. The latter when disturbed by certain activity, attracts the atoms of matter known as karmavarjaņā. These atoms are blended with soul like water
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