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From human fruition and before the final one, these are considered and established through thought. The consideration of substance shows that the current perspective leads to the attainment of the Siddha (liberated soul). If one contemplates the final feeling concerning it, then it is manifested in human growth, while if one considers the feeling itself, it is established through all four types of existence.
The term 'linga' refers to scripture or signs. Initially, in terms of the current perspective, non-religious beings are established. From the perspective of the past, women can be established through all three scriptures. According to a second interpretation, only the present is established; from a past perspective, if the internal or spiritual signs are considered, they are established only through self-linga (detachment) and in terms of substance, they are established through self-linga (Jaina linga), other linga (non-Jain sect household linga), and these three lingas collectively establish the result.
A Tirthankara is one type of Tirtha (crossing) and some are Atyarthakaras (those who help others cross). In the case of Atyarthakaras, the Tirthas can be established at times, and in some cases, they can also be established at other times.
From a current perspective, a living being who is liberated is not classified as charitra (conduct) or acharitri (non-conduct). If the final time is taken from a past perspective, then they are established only as pakshat-charitri (partially conducted), and if earlier time is considered, they may be classified as three or four forms. Samayik (meditative state), Sukshma-samparaya (subtle intentions), and Yatha-khyat (truth of knowledge) are three; and if one includes purity, they become four, and with the addition of Samayik-parihara-purity (meditative avoidance purity), they number five types of charitra.
Every bound being, every realized being, and both those who understand without instruction possess insight acquired through their own knowledge, leading to two types of self-enlightened beings. One is the Arhant (the worthy), and the other is the one who, through some external cause, achieves detachment and knowledge; both of these are associated with realization. Those who receive guidance from another knowledgeable being are called Buddha-bodhit (enlightened by another). Among them, some may enlighten others while merely being self-beneficial seekers.
Knowledge, from the present perspective, is recognized solely through the omniscient, but those with two, three, or four varieties of knowledge are also established. The two are Mati (intuition) and Pariyaya (interpretation); three are Mati, Shruta (scriptural knowledge), and Avadhi (vision); four are Avadhi and Manahparyaya (mind-reading).
These three forms of charitra and the four along with the five forms of samayik, parihara, and other categories of knowledge should be understood well, as not only the omniscient are recognized.