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## Sixth Stage
**With Hindi Commentary**
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**Prajna** is the movement of intellect. Similarly, it is also the **Astika** view. When an **Astika** soul becomes a **Samyagvadi**, they strive towards the path of **Moksha**, and therefore become a **Mokshavadi**. They consider the nature of substances as **Dravya**, **Guna**, and **Paryaya**. They believe in **Naraka**, **Tiryak**, **Manushya**, and **Deva-loka**. They believe that there are other worlds and other paths besides the human world and human path. They accept things as they are, meaning they accept **Mata**, **Pita**, **Arhant**, **Chakravarti**, etc. in their appropriate forms. They believe that the fruits of good deeds are good, and the fruits of bad deeds are bad, because the existence of the soul is connected to the deeds it has done. These deeds are in the form of **Pap** or **Punya**. The soul, under the influence of these deeds, experiences happiness or sorrow in the afterlife according to its actions. When the soul is freed from the conflict of **Karma**, it attains **Moksha** and achieves the state of **Nirvana**. The person who accepts the existence of the soul can easily accept **Swarga**, **Naraka**, **Tiryak**, **Punya**, **Pap**, **Samvara**, and **Nirjara**, etc.
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The existence of the soul and the refutation of the **Nastika** view are discussed in detail in Jain **Nyaya** texts. Inquisitive individuals should definitely study these texts. They refute the **Nastika** view with mature arguments. Therefore, the **Astika** accepts the existence of things that have real existence, and considers things that have no existence as **Nastitva-bhava**. This is why they are called **Samyagvadi**. In **Samyagvad**, the eternal and non-eternal nature of substances, **Dravya** and **Paryaya**, are understood through **Samyag** principles. For example, the soul is eternal in relation to **Dravya**, and non-eternal in relation to **Paryaya**. Similarly, one should understand other substances as well.
If a **Kriyavadi** accepts **Samyagvad** and understands substances through **Samyag** principles, but does not enter the path of **Samyag** character and instead engages in cruel actions like the **Nastikas** and adopts their conduct, then after death, they will also have to go to **Naraka**. However, they will be born among the **Naraki** in the north direction, and they are called **Shuklapakshika Naraki**. In the future, they will earn **Sulabhabodhi** deeds...