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The duality of *kṣaya* being established, the *sāsādana* *guṇasthāna* is separately established.
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Question: What is a mixed *guṇasthāna*?
Answer: Where, due to the arising of the nature of *jātyantara* *sarvaghāti* *samyagmithyātvaprakṛti*, the result is not only in the form of *samyaktva* or *mithyātvaprakṛti*, but in a mixed form, it is called a mixed *guṇasthāna*.
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Just as the taste of mixed curd and jaggery is neither sour nor sweet, but sour-sweet, in the same way, in the same time, the result of this *guṇasthāna*-dwelling being is obtained in the form of *samyaktva* in relation to the well-known *tattvashraddhā* and in the form of *mithyātvaprakṛti* in relation to the *atattvashraddhā* known as *sarvajñābhās*!
Question: What are the characteristics of a being dwelling in a mixed *guṇasthāna*?
Answer: A being dwelling in a mixed *guṇasthāna* does not accept *sakalasamyama* or *deśasamyama*. In this *guṇasthāna*, there is no new *āyu* bondage, no *māraṇāntika* *samuddhāt*, and no death.
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