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## Chapter 18: The Infinitely Connected 'Har Ki Shika: Mala'
**The 28th Natural State of Being** is attained when the four infinitely connected **Kashaya** (passions) are disjoined from the **Atthais Prakritik Satta** (28th Natural State of Being).
**Both the Svetambara and Digambara Acharyas** agree that the **Samyagdarshi** (perfectly enlightened) being disjoins the four infinitely connected **Kashaya**. However, the **Jayadvala Tika** mentions another opinion. It states that there are two opinions regarding the **Upshama Samyagdarshi** (partially enlightened) being disjoining the four infinitely connected **Kashaya**.
**One opinion** believes that the duration of **Upshama Samyaktva** (partial enlightenment) is short, and the duration of disjoining the four infinitely connected **Kashaya** is long. Therefore, the **Upshama Samyagdarshi** being does not disjoin the four infinitely connected **Kashaya**.
**The other opinion** believes that the duration of **Upshama Samyaktva** is longer than the duration of disjoining the four infinitely connected **Kashaya**. Therefore, the **Upshama Samyagdarshi** being also disjoins the four infinitely connected **Kashaya**.
The **Jayadvala Tika**, based on the **Uccarana Vrittis** (oral traditions), gives precedence to this second opinion.
**The Superior Duration of the 28th Natural State of Being: A Difference of Opinion**
The **Panchasangraha**'s **Saptatika Sangraha** verse 45 and its commentary state that the superior duration of the **28th Natural State of Being** is **one hundred and thirty-two Sagaras** more than an **asankhyata** (incalculable) part of a **Paly** (a unit of time). However, the **Digambara tradition** states that its superior duration is **one hundred and thirty-two Sagaras** more than **three asankhyata** parts of a **Paly**.
The explanation for this difference is:
**Svetambara literature** states that a being with **26 Natural States of Being** who is **Mithyavritti** (falsely believing) becomes **Upshama Samyagdarshi** (partially enlightened) by abandoning **Mithyatva** (falsehood). Accordingly, in the final stage of the **Udvallana** (awakening) of **Kshevala Samyaktva** (perfect enlightenment), the being...