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deeper and longer meditation and also higher austerity (e.g. fasting for many days). .
(c) The third stage pertains to forsaking of bodily attachments. Having accomplished his own amelioration as well as that of the Religious Order, the muni engages himself in the preparation of the total forsaking of bodily attachments so as to attain the ultimate equanimity during the period of fast-unto-death. During this stage he practises meditations and austerities of still longer duration (i.e. fasting for a fortnight, a month or so on and so forth).
Progressive increase in the intensity of mortification of flesh is prescribed in proportion to the propriety and capability of undertaking practice of meditation and austerities. The intensity of mortification of kar ma-body will also correspond to it.
These are also the three stages of the dissociation of the soul from the body.
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४१. तम्हा अविमणे वीरे सारए समिए सहिते सया जए। 41. Tamhä avimane vire sārae samie sahite sayā jae. 41. (The karmas of one whose mind and senses have been
subdued get annihilated quickly). Hence, a blissful',
heroic and wise muni“, engaged in what is Right, and 1. One, whose mind is free from unhappiness, fear and
sorrow, is called 'Avimaņe' (i, e. blissful). The Sanskrit equivalents of the world Sărae' could be 'Svarata', 'Sa mirata', Saraka', and 'Sārada'. The authors of the Cūrni and the Vytti have annotated the word Svarata. Svarata is one who is engrossed in austerity, righteousness, detachment, vigilance, knowledge, perception and asceticism, and disciplined deportment and self-control. Dr. Herman Jacobi has translated this term as sāraka (i. e. a person of pith). In the Sutra -krtānga, we find that the word visārada has been used in three places (1/3/50, 1/13/13,1/14/17) In view of this, the form sārada seems to be proper one who is expert at grasping gist is visarada i.e. wise one).
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