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SPIRITUAL LIGHT. one of the intense passions he falls back to the second stage ).
Sāsādana (Sā = with + Sãdan = to be exhausted) signifies exhausted faith. It is a transitory stage in the act of falling down from right faith.
Mishra (lit. mixed) signifies a state of fluctuating between doubt and certainty as to Faith.
Avirata-samyagdrishti signifies the stage of the . acquisition of Right Faith which is reached when the doubts of a being are renoved by meditation or the instructions of a guru and when seven prakritis have been wholly or partially destroyed.
Persons in this stage appreciate self-restraint and try to exert in this direction but fail. Some sluggishly lag behind to do so. Persons in this stage are free from intense dislike of truth and worst type of Kashāyas. Delusion becomes quelled so foreign energies of evil type are not generated. They become true believers but do not follow still the vows prescribed for a layman. Persons under this stage are under good influence of Sama, quietude that is control over anger, Sanvega, renunciation of the world, Nirveda, disattachment towards family relations, Anukampa, compassion for the people in distress, and Astha, a strong faith in the Jinas.
Desha Virati ( Desa =partial+Virati=vow ).
In this stage the soul begins to practise right conduct. It specially tries to observe the six
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