Samkit Faith Practice Liberation

SR No.: 007764
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

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Let us assume that the antaramuhuurta of apuurvasthitibandha is 5 samayas.
NB The antaramuhuurta of sthitighaata and apuurvasthitibandha is exactly the same, as they begin and end together at the same time.
At the end part of yathaapravrittikarana, the living being enters the stage of apuurvakarana by reducing the sthitibandha {duration of bondage) of knowledge -obstructing (gynaanaavarniiya karma) and six other types of karmas, except the aayushya karma to 72 samayas (within 1 krodaakrodii saagaropama).
During 1 to 5 samayas (the infinitesimal part of a palyopama), the living being binds karmas of a duration of 60 samayas (72 - 12 samayas).
During 6 to 10 samayas (the infinitesimal part of a palyopama), the living being binds karmas of a duration of 48 samayas (60 - 12 samayas).
Here, only two sthitibandha is explained but in reality thousands sthitibandha happens in the given period. And each sthitibandha gets smaller and smaller than the previous ones, thus reducing the new karmic bondage on soul.
This way from the first samaya of apuurvakarana, sthitighaata, rasghaata, gunshrenii and sthitibandha begins. Granthi bheda also commences at that point in time. Following this, laghukarmii jiivas (living beings who have bound less karmas} break open the hard-to-dislodge granthi {knot of attachment and aversion, which has remained in their souls since time immemorial. The emergence of their apuurva viiryollaasa never before witneesed surge of the strength and power of their soul which is axelike in its sharpness, rips open the knot of attachment and aversion and ensures that the living being enters the stage of anivrittikarana within an antaramuhuurta (the third karana).
Question: Can a living being who has reached the stage of apuurvakarana regress and fail to attain samyaktva?
Answer: A living being who has reached the stage of apuurvakarana cannot regress and fail to attain samyaktva. But, it is not necessary that the living being who has reached the stage of apuurvakarana shall attain samyaktva instantaneously. By itself, apuurvakarana is not sufficient for the attainment of samyaktva. This is because through apuurvakarana, the living being destroys the most strongly entrenched attachment and aversion but the mithyaatva mohaniiya karmas <delusion causing false belief} are still in fruition (uday). Unless they are quelled, the living being cannot attain samyaktva.
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