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GUNASTHANAS. the senses, betray their general weakness which can never be a strong proof against the fascinations of the Sense. So the Jaina philosophy enjoins that our will should always be directed not to enforce the energetics of Kashayas, but to lull them into sleep, into complete forgetfulness, to weaken them altogether, so that they may not prove even in future a menace to the abiding peace of the soul.
The seventh stage is generally known as Apramatta gunasthånaka. Anger has been here completely subdued and only greed, deceit and pride still linger in a very slight degree. The power of concentration and meditation increases here and the soul gets rid of all sorts of negligences. That which brings stupor or sleep bieng altogether absent here, all the active powers latent in the soul become by degrees more and more kinetic,
In the eighth stage called Apurvakarana, the conduct becomes perfect so far the observances of vows are concerned and man's heart becomes filled with such joy as had never been experienced before. As
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