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## Gatha 687-688
## Chapter 43
## Special Meaning:
From the stationary body (sthāvarakāya) or one-sensed beings to the sentient five-sensed beings, there are four types of kṣayās (passions). In the stationary body, the mithyātva (false belief) guṇasthāna (stage of development) is the norm. Therefore, from the stationary body onwards, the meaning of saying "aigā" (this) is that from the mithyātva guṇasthāna to the ninth guṇasthāna, anivṛttikaraṇa (cessation of passions), there are respectively krodha (anger), māna (pride), and māyā (deceit) kṣayās in the second, third, and fourth parts. This proves that there are nine guṇasthānas in these three kṣayās, from the first guṇasthāna to the anivṛttikaraṇa guṇasthāna, and there are ten guṇasthānas in the lobha (greed) kṣayā, from the first mithyātva guṇasthāna to the tenth guṇasthāna, sūkshma sāmprāya (subtle attachment). The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth guṇasthānas are for the akṣayī (passionless) beings, because in these four guṇasthānas, the arising of any kṣayā is not possible.
## Doubt:
Is the existence of kṣayās less in the sādhus (ascetics) who have the apūrva karaṇa (unprecedented action) etc. guṇasthānas?
## Solution:
No, because the existence of kṣayās is taught there, in comparison to the avyakta (unmanifest) kṣayās.
## Doubt:
When the arising of the remaining three kṣayās is destroyed, why doesn't the lobha kṣayā also get destroyed at the same time?
## Solution:
The lobha kṣayā is not destroyed in the anivṛttikaraṇa guṇasthāna, because the final limit of the lobha kṣayā is the sūkshma sāmprāya guṇasthāna. Therefore, even when the arising of the three kṣayās, krodha etc., is destroyed, the lobha kṣayā is not destroyed in the anivṛttikaraṇa guṇasthāna.
## Doubt:
Even though there is the existence of infinite kṣayā-dravya (substance of passions), why is the upashānta (calm) kṣayā guṇasthāna called kṣayā-rahita (passionless)?
## Solution:
In comparison to the effect of the arising of the kṣayā, there is passionlessness in it.
## Gāthā:
"The knowledge of death and the knowledge of life are from the stationary body to the sāsadana guṇasthāna. The knowledge of division is from the sentient beings to the sāsadana samyaktva (right faith)." (687)
"The non-samyag-jñāna (non-right knowledge), the aviradha samyag-dṛṣṭi (uninterrupted right vision), is from the sixth guṇasthāna to the kṣīṇa kṣayā (exhausted passions). The manas-paryaya-jñāna (knowledge of mental states) is from the sixth guṇasthāna to the kṣīṇa kṣayā." (688)