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The **Samvayanga Sutra** states that **Dharma-Chinta** (reflection on Dharma) is the first stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** (mental absorption) because it is only through this that knowledge and practice of Dharma become possible.
The second stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to see a **Yatharthya** (realistic) dream, which is like nothing seen before, and which will bear fruit in the future (2).
The third stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to have **Sanjijnana** (knowledge of birth) which remembers a previous life, something that has never happened before. Remembering a previous life awakens a state of supreme peace in the mind, along with emotions of detachment and dispassion (3).
The fourth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to see the **Devas** (divine beings), their divine splendor, their families, their powers, their divine radiance (of their bodies and ornaments), and their divine influence (the effects of their superior actions). This is because seeing the Devas inspires firm faith in Dharma (4).
The fifth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to develop **Avadhijnana** (clairvoyance), which directly perceives the **Lokas** (material objects), something that has never happened before. When **Avadhijnana** arises, an unprecedented peace and joy manifest in the mind (5).
The sixth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to develop **Avadhidarshan** (clairvoyance), which directly sees the **Lokas**, something that has never happened before (6).
The seventh stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to develop **Manahparyayajnana** (knowledge of the minds of others), which knows the mental states of all beings within the **Ardha-dvipa-samudravarti** (half-continent-ocean-surrounded) realm, who have five senses and are capable of experiencing the world, something that has never happened before (7).
The eighth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to develop **Kevalajnana** (omniscience), which directly knows the entire **Lokas** (universe) with all its **Trikalavartis** (past, present, and future) aspects, something that has never happened before (8).
The ninth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to develop **Kevaladarshan** (omniscient vision), which sees the entire **Lokas** (universe) of all mobile and immobile beings, something that has never happened before (9).
The tenth stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** is to die a **Kevalimaran** (omniscient death), which destroys all suffering. This is the final stage of **Chitta-Samadhi** (10).
Upon reaching this stage, the soul is liberated from all worldly suffering, becomes a **Siddh** (liberated being), and attains infinite bliss.
63-The **Mandara** (Mount Meru) is said to have a diameter of ten thousand **Yojanas** at its base.
64-The **Arishthanemi** Tirthankara was ten **dhanus** (bows) tall. **Krishna Vasudeva** was ten **dhanus** tall. **Rama Balarama** was ten **dhanus** tall.