$JES 901 Jainism and Spiritual Awakening E9

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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11 FOURTEEN GUNASTHÄNAK
9. Anivritti-karanaor or Anivratti-badara-samparaya (Advance meditative state)
In this state, the soul is engaged in more advanced spiritual thoughtactivity or meditation.
10. Sukshma-samparaya (Almost passionless state)
In this state, only very slight pious greed left to be controlled by the soul.
11. Upasanta-moha (Quiescence passionless state)
In this state of quietness (Quiescence), there exist some traces of pious greed. However, this state of quietness is achieved by suppression. Hence fallback occurs. The soul falls from this state to 4th stage or even to the 1st stage.
12. Kshina-Moha (Complete passionless state)
The soul achieves this state directly from 10th Gunsthanak by eradicating the pious greed. This is a complete Desirelessness state also known as Vitarag state. In this state the soul has eradicated Mohniya karma. No fallback can occur from this state because all passions are eradicated. Its duration is less than 48 min.
13. Sayogy-kevalin (Active Omniscience State)
The soul acquires this state after the elimination of remaining three Ghätikarma from 12th stage. In this state the soul reveals its original true nature which is Perfect Vision (Anant Darshan), Perfect Knowledge (Anant Jnän), Perfect Conduct (Anant Chäritra), and Infinite Power or Energy (Anant Virya). It is known as Liberation of soul in the human body (embodied state). In this state the activities of Body, Mind and Speech (Yoga) exist. The soul of a Tirthankara establishes religious order.
14. Ayogy-kevalin (Passive Omniscience State)
This is a last spiritual state of human life. In this state, the cessation of all activities of body, speech and mind (three yogas) occurs. The duration of this state is very short (few seconds). At the end of this state the soul attains Liberation or Nirvana.
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