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The binding of the 16 natural tendencies and the 7 *saataavedaniya* (seven sense-object) tendencies, which are a total of 17 tendencies caused by yoga, occurs in the tenth *gunasthan* (stage of spiritual progress).
At the end of the tenth *gunasthan*, the subtle *kashaya* (passions) are destroyed, and as a result, the binding of the aforementioned 16 natural tendencies, including the four *darshanavaran* (veils of perception), is broken. However, since yoga is still present, the *saataavedaniya* tendency caused by yoga remains bindable in the eleventh *gunasthan* (called *upshant* - calm, *kashaya* - passionless, *chhadmasth* - disguised), the twelfth *gunasthan* (called *kshinakashaya* - subtle passion, *vitaraag* - passionless, *chhadmasth* - disguised), and the thirteenth *gunasthan* (called *sayogikevali* - liberated with yoga).
After this, in the fourteenth *gunasthan* (called *ayogikevali* - liberated without yoga), since yoga is absent due to the absence of binding, neither karma is bound nor is there any breaking of binding. Therefore, in the fourteenth *gunasthan*, the state of *abandhak* (non-binding) is attained.
Attaining this state of *abandhak* is the goal of the soul, and after attaining it, the soul remains absorbed in its own nature.
In this way, the number, names, and breaking of binding of the bindable tendencies in each of the fourteen *gunasthan* have been explained.
The five causes of karmic binding are: *mithyatva* (false belief), *aviraati* (non-restraint), *pramad* (carelessness), *kashaya* (passions), and *yoga* (attachment). Regarding the number of these causes of binding, the following three traditions are seen:
1. Compare:
* "First, the three *trigdha* (threefold), *darshan* (perception), *ujas* (light), and *guhumant* (hidden)."
* "Then, *uvasant* (calm), *khin* (subtle), *moha* (delusion), *yog* (attachment), *nihi* (annihilation), *samavi* (equal), *yadi* (if), *sad* (true)." - *Gommatsar*, *Karmakand*, 102
2. "The causes of binding are: *mithyatva* (false belief), *aviraati* (non-restraint), *pramad* (carelessness), *kashaya* (passions), and *yoga* (attachment)." - *Tattvarth Sutra*, 8-1
- *Gommatsar*, *Karmakand*, 101