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## Kant's Perspective: A Detailed Examination, Dasanami Examination
(547) This perspective does not have attachment towards the essence of the eternal examination. Therefore, due to the cause that is inclusive of the essence, the certainty is always beneficial.
The essence examination, in this perspective, is the position of the right-visioned knowledgeable person, who is a capable essence-thinker and essence-examiner. Therefore, due to the continuous essence-examination in the form of contemplation, there is no possibility of any attachment here. Because, whoever understands the essence, does not become attached. And, in the right-vision, the destruction of the cause of attachment has already happened, and as one progresses on the path of yoga, the attachment to character also gradually diminishes, therefore, there is a complete absence of attachment.
The right-visioned person contemplates the essence in many ways. For example,
The knowledgeable persons who have attained the pure self-form, have described the following six stages as the most excellent dwelling places of right-vision: (1) The first stage - The self exists. Just as there are objects like pots and vessels, so too does the self exist. The examination of the second stage - Just as there is evidence of the existence of pots and vessels due to certain qualities, so too is there evidence of the existence of the self, which is the consciousness-being that is self-illuminating, and the quality of which is directly experienced. (2) The second stage - The self is eternal. Objects like pots and vessels are temporary. The self is eternal. Pots and vessels are objects that are associated with something else. The self is an object by nature, because there is no experience of any cause for its origin. Consciousness-being cannot be manifested from any associated substance, therefore, it is uncreated. Being uncaused, it is imperishable, because whatever is not created from any association, cannot be destroyed by any association. (3) The third stage - The self is the doer. All objects are capable of action and result. All objects are seen as having some result or action. The self is also capable of action, therefore, it is the doer. This doership has been examined by the three revered Jinas. By ultimate reality, it is the doer by nature's transformation of its own form. By unrefined (without special association that is fit to be experienced) practice, the self is the doer of the substance-karma. By refined practice, it is the doer of houses, cities, etc. (4) The fourth stage - The self is the experiencer. Whatever action there is, it is all fruitful, not futile. Whatever is done, the experience of its fruit is directly experienced. The fruit of poison is experienced by eating poison; the fruit of sugar is experienced by eating sugar; the fruit of touching fire is experienced by touching fire; the fruit of touching ice is experienced by touching ice. Just as the fruit of touching ice does not remain unexperienced, so too, whatever result the self experiences, whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, its fruit is also experienced.