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અધ્યાત્મતવાલેક.
[ flori rules of daily practice. It becomes able to curb moderate type of passions. It begins to observe the twelve vows prescribed for a layman to destroy the Karmic forces. Sometimes it becomes prepared for asceticism.
Pramatta Stage-In this stage the first five vows are rigidly and strictly observed as enjoined on a Sädhu. This stage can be reached only by the ascetics. Here mild passions are either quelled or uprooted, but attachment in the form of serving the needs of the body still persists.
Apramattagunasthānaka is the seventh stage wherein the ascetic becomes free from negligence and breach of vows. The three Kashāyas work in a very mild degree. Dharmadhyāna ( concentration ) is on its progress. Latent powers in the soul now begin to manifest.
Apurvakarana ( Apurya =new, karana =bhava i. e. mental state ).
The observance of the great vows being perfect the soul is initiated into highly elevated life and enjoys such an intense delight as it has never experienced before. It now attains to the state of highly purified mind, the causes of disturbance being inoperative. Pride is altogether destroyed in this stage.
Now it begins the practice of Shukladhyāna ( superior contemplation ). At the end of the seventh stage there are two routes of progress, one Upāsana route ( the Karmic forces are quelled here ) and the other Kshapaka Shreni ( the Karmic forces are
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