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5. Desa-virata, partial renunciation; this is the stage of fervent śrāvakas and śrāvikās and of the Digambara äryikås.101
6. Pramatta-samyata, a state of commitment to renunciation, that of the ascetics, not devoid, however, of lapses.
7. Apramatta-samyata, renunciation with no relapse, a state of collectedness and dharma-dhyāna.
8. Nivịtti-apūrvakarana-bådara, well-nigh perfect control of the passions, intense recollectedness and first degree of śukla-dhyāna. 102
9.10. Anivstti-bādara-samparāya and sūkşma-samparāya, stages of progressively more perfect control of the passions.
11. Upaśānta-kaṣāya-vitarāga, a state of absolute detachment, perfect mastery of the passions; nevertheless some regression is as yet inevitable in that karman is not totally eliminated.
12. Kșina-kasāya-vitarăga, the final stage in which, the passions being annihilated, the jiva is firmly established on the path of final Libcration.
13. Sayoga-kevalin, annihilation of the four destructive sorts of karman, the state of kevala-jñāna; only the corporal activities remain, and non-destructive sorts of karman.103 14. Ayoga-kevalin, an extremely brief stage when all activity is suppressed. It is the stage preceding Liberation. 104
101 Cf. P 640 sf.
102 For dharma-dhyāna; śukla-dhyāna cf. P 376; 381.
103 Cf. P 392 ff
104 Cf. 7 B P000.
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