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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
Leshya. The purpose of stating all this is to show that Jainism also recognizes the working of the mechanism of Gunas in its docrtine of Leshya.
Verses 19 to 23 speak about the aspirant who transcends all the three Gunas. This is called "Gunatita" condition, which means a condition in which none of the three Gunas is predominating and influencing the character of the subject concerned. Jainism contemplates such condition as that of "Arihanta", meaning, literarily, "one who has killed all enemies". The enemies referred to here are our internal enemies such as anger, avarice, attachment, greed and passions like that. Even good actions taken with motive attached, would be covered because even they would result in Karmas good fruit of which would work as golden fetters. The ideal condition of the soul to attain true freedom is to be totally free from all types of Karmas good as well as bad. Such is the condition of a "Vitaraga", one
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