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PHILOSOPHY
B14 - Fourteen Gunasthäna: Stages of Spiritual Development
Pramattasamyat
Pramäda, Kashaya & Yoga Kashaya & Yoga
Ärta & Dharma Dharma
Apramattasamyat Apurvakaran
All Six (Krishna, Neel, Kapot Tejo, Padma & Shukla) Only Auspicious ones (Tejo, Padma & Shukla) Shukla
Kashäya & Yoga
Kashaya & Yoga
Shukla
10
Kashaya & Yoga
Shukla
Anivritti Bädara Sukshmasamparaya Upashammoha Kshinamoha Sayogi
Dharma & Shukla Dharma & Shukla Dharma & Shukla Dharma & Shukla Dharma & Shukla Shukla
Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Antarätmä (Introvert) Paramätmä (Perfect Soul) Paramätmä (Perfect Soul)
Yoga
Shukla
Yoga
Shukla
Yoga
Param Shukla
Kevali
14
Ayogi Kevali None
Shukla
None (Aleshi – no Leshyä)
Thus, it is clear from the above that the whole scheme of Gunasthäna is derived according to the principle of decreasing sinfulness and increasing purity of the soul and the lessening of Karma bondage. To progress on this scale, the being has to eliminate each of the causes leading to Karma bondage in the successive order stated above (i.e. Mithyätva, Avirati, Pramäda, Kashaya and Yoga) one by one. Thus, one can bring refinement in its own qualities (the Guna) and therefore the name - fourteen stages of progress of the soul - is the Fourteen Gunasthäna.
Compendium of Jainism - 2015
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