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STAGES OF DEVELOPMFNT
It is the dormant
the soul and when it manifests. karma that is in us.
And it may also be useful here to mention three states with regard to the karma so far as the working of it out is concerned, namely:
Upashama. This word is a noun, and means control. The state of upashama karma, therefore, would be the state of the karma, when it is pressed down or controlled: controlled by the will just when it is felt to be rising.
Kashaya. This word literally means destruction. So that kashaya karma would be the total working out of the karma; karma when it is entirely removed.
Kshayopashama. Part of the karma is controlled and part worked out.
3rd Stage.
(MISHRA-DRISHTI-GUNA-STHANA.)
It is of only a few moments duration. In the first stage or mithyatva gujasthana, the state of mind is such that there is a positive dislike and repulsion of the truth; in the 2nd stage or sasvadana gunasthana, their is just the taste of the control of the mithyatva (delusion); in this mishra-drishti gunasthana, there is neither like nor dislike for the
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