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This smoothness and roundedness did not come in one day. It took many years for the rocks and stones to turn into smooth round pebbles. The smoothest and roundest stones called shaligrama (ammonite fossils) were picked up by humans and worshipped. Just as the constant rush of water shapes raw stones into smooth and well-rounded shaligramas, the vicissitudes of time and the sorrows of transmigration carry the soul to a stage where its attachments and aversions become less fierce.
Thus, the stage of the soul where the passions are very mild is known as ‘yathaapravrittikarana'.
The literal meaning of yathaapravrittikarana is as follows:
Yathaa - as shown in scriptures • pravritti - dharm kriyaa • karana – to do
There are two categories of yathaapravrittikarana.
1. Saadhaarana (Ordinary
The living being who has Saadhaarana Yathaapravrittikarana cannot make great spiritual progress. His resolutions are weak. Even an abhavya soul {one who is innately incapable of attaining liberation experiences Saadhaarana Yathaapravrittikarana infinite times because it does the yathaapravritti karana only from the dravya {gross} point of view.
2. Vishishta (Special)
In the case of Vishishta Yathaapravrittikarana, the soul attains so much capacity and ability that it can emerge from the darkness of nescience and can see a slim ray of light. The soul in this stage has still not attained samyaktva. But it has now reached a position where a slim ray of light is visible.
As per Verse 5 of the Karma Grantha Part 2, Karma Prakriti Part 6, the soul in mithyaatva is close to breaking through the bondage of granthi, but cannot break through. It is still going through a process of constant purification.
The Visheshaavashyaka Bhashya gives the example of grain lying in a granary. A little grain is added to the granary from time to time. But large amounts of grain are withdrawn constantly. Thus, in effect, the sum total of grains stored in the granary keeps diminishing.
Similarly, the soul keeps shedding karmas owing to anaabhoga. Concomitantly, it binds a few karmas. In this manner, it attains 'granthi desha' {sheds karmas from the soul and the deluded
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| SR No. | 007764 |
| Book Title | Samkit Faith Practice Liberation |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Amit B Bhansali |
| Publisher | Amit B Bhansali |
| Publication Year | 2015 |
| Total Pages | 447 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 7 MB |