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(2) Sasadana, Downfall. The second and
third stages are the intervening progressive stages of thought-activities between Wrong-Belief and Right-Belief of the 4th stage. In the 2nd stage the three kinds of Right-Belief-Deluding Karmas are existent, but in an inoperative condition. The remaining 25 are operative. The duration of this stage is the shortest, viz, at the most 6 Avalis, or Winks or Twinklings of an eye. This is a stage, which is not touched by the soul in its progress. It is only one of the possible 3 stages, which the soul occupies if it suffers a downfall from the 4th stage. These 3 downward stages are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. When there is operation in the 4th stage of one of the four Anantanubandhi Kashayas, Error-feeding passions, the soul falls down to the 1st stage through the 2nd and the thoughtactivity in the passage through, is called
Sasadana. (3) Mishra, Mixed Right and Wrong Belief.
Operation of Samyak-mithyatva mohaneeya karmas or Mishra Mohaneeya. Belief
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