Apporva Avasar

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra,
Publisher: USA Jain Study Group NY

Page 31

8. Apoorvakaran (Never before experienced): This is the stage where an aspirant experiences the true nature of self never before experienced and lasts up to one Antar Muhrat. All material attachments are long gone, the purification of the self is of a very high state and now, the aspirant proceeds on one of the two following ladders: 1. KSHAPAK SHRENEE or 2. UPASHAM SHRENEE. In KSHAPAK SHRENEE an aspirant progresses.up without falling back because he sheds or destroys karmas in the process. In UPASHAM SHRENEE an aspirant continues to suppress some karmas Vs. destroying them. When the suppressed karmas surface, the aspirant invariably falls back to either the sixth, fourth or even the first stage. Obviously, the only ladder to the ultimate goal of Moksha is KSHAPAK SHRENEE. The condition of an aspirant from the eighth through twelfth stages represents the progressive stages of a bighly focused mind.
9. Anivrutti Badar (Suppresses or eliminates Gross forms of subtle Deluding Karmas): This stage represents further progress of an aspirant in either of the above ladders. An aspirant in this stage begins to work on gross forms of remaining subtle passions as they surface. An aspirant in UPASHAM SHRENEE suppresses them and the one in KSHAPAK SHRENEE eliminates all deluding karma except the minutest level of Greed.
10. Sukshma Samparava (Surfacing of Minute Levels Of Greed): Having worked on the gross forms of subtle passions in the previous stage an aspirant has only minute levels of Greed (Sanjjvalan Lobha) left to eliminate. When they surface, the aspirant either destroys or suppresses them as he progresses further. When suppressed (UPASHAM SHRENEE), he moves to the eleventh, if destroyed (KSHAPAK SHRENEE), he moves to the twelfth stage. This stage lasts up to one Antarmuhrat.
11. Upshant Moha (Suppressed Passions) The aspirant who had been an UPASHAM SHRENEE earlier experiences a state of complete renunciation for a short duration (up to 48 min.) in this stage. When the suppressed passions surface, he falls back to a lower stage and starts all over again.
Jain Education Intemational