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Panchalika is the attainment of the knowledge of the five types of liberation, which is free from the cycle of birth and death and is free from change, and the attainment of the seven types of supernatural powers, such as intellect. _Other texts also describe three types of meditators. For example, the disciple, the beginner, the practitioner, and the accomplished yogi. Their description should also be understood as being included in this statement as much as possible. Now, according to the language of the Agamas, there are six periods of time_
1- When someone, in the presence of the four types of right faith, knowledge, conduct, and penance, goes to an Acharya who is the guardian of the five vows, and renounces internal and external possessions, and takes the Jain initiation, that is the period of initiation.
2- After initiation, when one learns from the scriptures that are helpful for the practice of the four types of penance and for the practice of conduct, that is the period of education.
3- After education, when one nourishes the disciples by practicing the teachings that are helpful for conduct, and by explaining them, with the five types of contemplation, that is the period of nourishing the community.
There are five types of contemplation: penance, scripture, character, unity, and contentment.
1- To perform the twelve types of pure penance, such as fasting, is the contemplation of penance. The fruit of this contemplation is victory over the senses and passions.
2- To study the four types of Agamas, namely, the Pratyamanuyoga, the Charanamanuyoga, the Karanamanuyoga, and the Dravyamanuyoga, is the contemplation of scripture. The explanation of the Puranas of the thirty-six types of men is the Pratyamanuyoga. The explanation of the conduct of the country and the conduct of all beings through the scriptures of the study of the object of worship and the practice of conduct is called the Charanamanuyoga. The explanation of the world through the Jinantar, the Trilokasar, the division of the world, etc., is the Karanamanuyoga. The explanation of the six substances, such as the soul, and the seven principles, through the Prabhrit, i.e., the Samayaprabhrit, etc., and the Tattvarthasutra, etc., is the Dravyamanuyoga. The fruit of the contemplation of this scripture is that there is a firm conclusion without doubt, delusion, or confusion regarding the relationship of the soul and other principles, or regarding the principle that is to be abandoned or the principle that is to be attained. The fruit of the contemplation of this scripture is said in other texts:
"The contemplation of penance, which is for the benefit of the self, is a new and fresh impulse. The contemplation of penance is the teaching of the other, the knowledge of the other."