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[ The Lord's Philosophy
dashos at him and scatters all his equipment to the winds. Sometimes the soul finches at this onslaught or subdues or vanquishes the demon of illusion with its special power and proceeds further. Further in its way come new warriors and have to accept defeat and run away. The account of the Gunasthanas deals with what demon worrior is to be met with by the soul which stage and what the probable result of the struggle is. If we show as much interest, as we feel for the wars in this world in this continuous inner warfare we shall easily achieve our object. This inner battle is in no way less interesting than worldly wars. We require only the insight to grasp them. He who has got this insight can witness this inner warfare whenever he likes. The fourteen Gunasthanas are named in this way:---(i) Mithyatva, (ii) Sasvadana, (iii) Misra, (iv) Avirat Samyagdrishti, (v) Deshvirati (vi) Pramattasan yat, ( vii ) Apramattasanyat, (viii) Apoorvakarn, (ix ) Anivritti Badar Samparaya, ( x ) Sookshama Samparaya, ( xi ) Upshant Kashaya ( xii) Ksheena Kashaya Veetraga ( xiii) Sanyogi Kevali, (xiv) Ayogi Kovali.
A brief description of the fourteen Gunasthanas is given below.
I. Mithyatva Gunasthana. (Perversion) Just as a patient suffering from fever and pile finds oven sweet milk bitter, in the same way with the rise of false illusonry Karma the soul's outlook sometinies becomes perverted. Such a soul is called Mithya-Dristi or of perverted outlook. This condition of the soul is called perversion or Mithyadristi Gunasthana. This is the most degraded condition, because the soul in this situation thinks the wrong god
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