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of dharma adhikaara. This is because these stages lead to the attainment of the apunarbandhaka stage.
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Journey from mithyaatva to Samyaktva
Anivritti karanas
Apurvakarana Charama yathapravritti
karana
Light mithyaatva
Maargaanusaari
Apunbhandhaka
Granthibheda
vrata kaal
mithyaatva
Human
Mokshmaarga
Acharmaavra
animals Plants &
ARE
Charmaavrata
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Hell
Avyavahaara rash
LL. Entry Into
charmaavrata
Entry in vyavahaar
rashi
Mithyaadrishti gunsthaanaka
~ Karma Granth (1-6), (Part 2, Page 39, Publisher: Sri Ohmkaara Saahitya Nidhi, Paarshvaktinagar, Highway Rd. Bhiladi -385530 (Banaaskaathaa), Gujarat, year V.S. 2052)
The Procedure of Granthi Bheda {shedding karmas from the soul}
Attachment and aversion are the main causes of karmic bondage. Both of them are manifestations of delusion. At the acme of delusion causing karmas, the presence of the quartet of anantaanubandhii {the most fierce and lasting} passions (anger, arrogance, artifice and avarice) gives birth to the dreadful knot of attachment and aversion, which is incredibly strong and impossible to unravel. This knot impedes the dawn of samyaktva in the soul. Hence, karma granthi is the clouded disposition of the soul caused by attachment and aversion. This fiercely clinging clouded disposition of the soul is generated by delusion causing karmas and nurtured by knowledge-obscuring karmas,
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